{"product_id":"closer-to-nowhere-paperback-1","title":"Closer to Nowhere - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThorpe Moeckel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom 2018 to 2021, award-winning writer Thorpe Moeckel made several canoe expeditions through the Lower Canyons of the Rio Grande around Big Bend Country. He brought background reading and thinking about the natural and human history of the place, as well as about its current states, and here he's distilled all of that, including personal trials and discoveries, into a wild river trip of a book. With sensitivity, ranginess, and intimacy, \u003ci\u003eCloser to Nowhere \u003c\/i\u003ereckons with the stark wonders and complexities of the Chihuahua desert ecosystem, the river and border that cuts through it, and the pressures of deep time as well as the contemporary historical moment. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGuided by, while often guiding on, rivers all his life, Moeckel in this book \"flips the boat\" and immerses readers in those presences, material and spiritual, that are most palpable when one lets go to the river and its tangled interrelations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eCloser to Nowhere \u003c\/i\u003eis a stunning hybrid work that explores borders, connection, loss; that features talking rivers and catfish and the rushing water and towering canyons of the Rio Grande; and that interrogates the bewilderment and complexity of being alive with wistfulness and beauty.\" -Karen E. Bender, author of The Words of Dr. L \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Personal diary, log book, field notes, meditation, verse, chronicle, fable, to-do list, \u003ci\u003eCloser to Nowhere\u003c\/i\u003e is, ultimately, a splendid tribute to a place which unfolds in a myr - iad of ways but that, no matter how much we think we know it, remains untamed.\" -Juan Manuel Portillo, author of Vigilia \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Those of us who choose to live our lives on and in rivers experience them as more than metaphor - as the tangible lifeblood of our living, evolving planet. Thorpe Moeckel captures that pulse as few can, and he shares it beautifully in his ode to the Rio Grande, \u003ci\u003eCloser to Nowhere\u003c\/i\u003e.\" -Wickliffe Walker, author of Torrents as Yet Unknown. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThorpe Moeckel is the author of eight books, which include poetry, a middle grade novel, nonfiction, and hybrid works. His writing has been widely anthologized and honored with NEA, Javits, Hoyns, Sustainable Arts, and Kenan Fellowships. He has taught at Hollins University since 2005, and he loves exploring around Western Virginia, where he lives, and beyond.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 116\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.28 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 21, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47451350106361,"sku":"9781963110173","price":20.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/5zcf0vEuMH9781963110173.webp?v=1772053582","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/closer-to-nowhere-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}