Rick Bass, a Texas native, lived in Arkansas and Mississippi before moving to northwest Montana’s Yaak Valley. A former petroleum geologist and wildlife biologist, and a leading force behind climate aid, he is the author of more than thirty books, including the short story collections The Watch and For a Little While; the memoir Colter: The True Story of the Best Dog I Ever Had; and the novel All the Land to Hold Us. An active environmentalist, Bass is a member of the Yaak Valley Forest Council, working to protect as wilderness the last roadless lands in the Yaak Valley.

Titan

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Rick Bass’s “Titan” is the tale of two brothers, one who is “content in the continued savagery of his hunger” and one who is uncomfortable with excess; instead of money and success he hungers for closeness with others. The story is infused with nostalgia for a simpler time, while sharply critiquing a lifestyle of “too much gluttony and not enough humility.” Bass read this story at Narrative Night in Denver, 2007.

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