OBITS

• Ellen Meloy, Helena Independent Record, 11/18/04
• Author Ellen Meloy dies at her Bluff home, Sudden death at 58: She is renowned for her works illustrating ties between people and nature, By Christy Karras - The Salt Lake Tribune - 11/9/04
• Mourning the loss of naturalist writer, By Dennis Lythgoe, Deseret Morning News, 11/14/04
• Of Note, Washington Post, 11/13/04

TRIBUTES/REMEMBRANCES

• Remembering Ellen Meloy, by Elizabeth Grossman in High Desert Journal, April 2005.
• IN MEMORIAM - ELLEN MELOY - 1946-2004, by Phil Condon, Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies Program, University of Montana.
• Tribute by Four Corners Free Press, by Suzanne Strazza, December 2004.
• Around the Bend Again: Three Days in Glen Canyon . . . and Remembering Ellen Meloy," by Ken Sleight.
• "There are a lot of people working, particularly in the West, who are doing some wonderful writing about rural living," he says. "I think particularly of a woman named Ellen Meloy who is a wonderful writer about the subtleties of living in red rock Utah. It's a very hard thing to represent." Excerpt from "Rural Stories, Urban Listeners: An Interview with Verlyn Klinkenborg," By James Norton on the online Flak Magazine.

POEMS

• For Ellen -- with love, by Terry Tempest Williams.
• Places to look for Ellen, by Ann Weiler Walka. She writes: "On this Solstice Day I'm sending a list poem I've made as a meditation on Ellen's incandescent spirit. If it's added to the web site, I hope that other folks will join me in a collective celebration by adding their own images to the list."
• For Ellen, My Sandstone Sister, by Katie Lee. This poem was read at a memorial service for Ellen in Helena, Montana.
• "Sandstone Seduction: Rivers and Lovers, Canyons and Friends," by Katie Lee. Foreword by Ellen Meloy.
• In Memory of Ellen Meloy, for Mark, calligraphy by Renny Russell.

INTERVIEWS WITH ELLEN

Listen to Ellen in her All Things Considered interview with Howard Berkes on September 21, 2002, talking about and reading from The Anthropology of Turquoise.
You will need RealPlayer to listen to this audio file -- download it free at http://www.real.com.
Listen to Ellen on KPFA Radio: November 22nd 2004 - Cover to Cover Program. A tribute to the late Ellen Meloy, who died suddenly November 4th. Host Denny Smithson rebroadcasts a 2002 interview with the author and naturalist about her last book, The Anthropology of Turquoise: Meditations on Landscape, Art and Spirit. 30-minute program (MP3)

ELLEN'S RADIO COMMENTARIES FROM KUER RADIO - UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
A sampling of the 22 short radio essays (MP3) that Ellen recorded for Utah Public Radio. For every $100 (or more) donation to the Ellen Meloy Fund for Desert Writers, you can receive the complete set of commentaries (great for listening in your car while driving through the desert) or a first edition hardback edition of The Anthroplogy of Turquoise.

Animal Anxieties

Bighorn Sheep

Bluff Essay

Bread Dough Cookie