"The Huron River . . . was called 'Cos-scut-e-nong Sebee'. . . .
It] is a beautiful, transparent stream, passing alternatively
through rich bottoms, openings, plains, and sloping woodlands,
covered with heavy timber."
---History of Washtenaw County, Michigan, 1881
The Huron River---stretching 130 miles through three
counties---has inspired numerous writers throughout the nineteenth
and twentieth centuries. Contained here is a collection of new
poems, essays, and stories, accompanied by maps, photographs, and
illustrations that celebrate the Huron River. Over twenty locally
and nationally known literary figures, including Alice Fulton and
Charles Baxter, have contributed to this volume. In addition, the
work of biologists, naturalists, and even an arche-ologist have
been included to give a richer sense of the physical and cultural
environment.
Each of these writers reminds us that our lives are more
intertwined with the river and its watershed than we might think."
The Huron River" opens with these words: "Watersheds are the oldest
and most durable markers of place. . . . These boundaries affect
our lives by defining our natural environment, not only its
topography but its soils, its plant and animal life, and to some
extent its weather. The water that sustains most of us is the water
that flows through our local watershed."
And the river's strength is wondrous unto itself. "The water
will always be there, and it will always find its way down," writer
Gary Snyder tells us. The river is sometimes visible, sometimes
not; yet it "is alive and well under the city streets, running in
giant culverts."
John Knott is Professor of English, University of Michigan.
After working as a bookseller for twenty years, Keith Taylor now
teaches writing part-time for the University of Michigan and works
as a freelance writer.
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