Water Bodies

Love Letters to the Most Abundant Substance on Earth

“This book packs a narrative, poetic wallop. Having such fine and powerful voices gathered around a single subject makes the rain want to come.”

— Craig Childs, author of Tracing Time

Contributors: Aaron A. Abeyta, Christi Bode, CMarie Fuhrman, Sarah Gilman, Ruxandra Guidi, K. Maria Lane, Chris La Tray, Desiree Loggins, Regina Lopez-Whiteskunk, Michelle Otero, Daniel Rothberg, Luke Runyon, Kate Schimel, Santana Shorty, Leanna T. Torres, Fatima van Hattum. Cover art: Sarah Gilman.

“A reminder of how personal bodies of water are to those who inhabit and remember them, Water Bodies is a breathtaking and heartbreaking anthology focused on defining features of the American West.”

Chloe Clark, Foreword

“In this beautiful anthology, waters, artists, and poets capture the wonder and heartbreak of learning from water in a dry land.”

— Michelle Nijhuis, author of Beloved Beasts: Fighting for Life in an Age of Extinction

“'Water Bodies' with Laura Paskus on Monday's Access Utah”

Utah Public Radio

“New book explores the intimate connection between water and humans”

KUNM News

“…Paskus has curated a fertile, free-flowing collection of essays that seeks to ease the fear that surrounds so much of environmental writing by celebrating, honoring, and praising the water that gives us all life.”

— Emily Withnall, Pasatiempo

Water Bodies is an urgent call to protect and love the lifeblood that pours across this continent.”

— Mark Sundeen, author of Delusions and Grandeur: Dreamers of the New West

“Laura Paskus discusses Water Bodies

KVNF-FM