Coyote Points the Way: Borderland Stories and Plays - Paperback

by Kathy Park (Author)

Coyote Points the Way: Borderland Stories and Plays. is a compilation of fiction, nonfiction and ten-minute plays that explore the borderlands, both literal and figurative, where individual resourcefulness, creativity, intuitive knowing and courage make all the difference. Many of the stories are set in Colorado's vast San Luis Valley, the largest alpine valley in the lower 48 states; two of the plays are derived from the author's experience teaching holistic health in a federal women's prison; and all of the pieces are inspired by the people, animals, times and places that continue to shape the author's life.

Author Biography

Kathy Park is an artist, writer and teacher living with her artist husband Henry Woolbert in Colorado's San Luis Valley. She graduated from Lesley University with an MFA in creative writing, and currently teaches through Adams State University in Alamosa, Colorado. Kathy wrote about her fifteen year apprenticeship with the granite sculptor, Gordon Newell in her memoir Seeing Into Stone: A Sculptor's Journey (also published by Mercury HeartLink). She is working on a manuscript about her lifelong practice of Aikido, tentatively titled From Revenge to Reconciliation: How Aikido principles can help you stay sane in a crazy world, a hybrid memoir which includes her experience teaching Aikido principles to a group of incarcerated women in a federal prison. Her sculptures and paintings can be seen at www.dreampowerartworks.com.