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"This cinematically vivid collection feeds both intellect and soul, and shows that Meloy possessed the brevity and vision of a poet, and the coy sass of an understated comedian." - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY "Ellen Meloy just might be my favorite Utah writer. She's smart and witty. She's laugh-out-loud funny. She's self-deprecatory and never preachy. She always gets her natural history right. And her writing is sufficiently gorgeous for her books to be finalists for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Seasons serves as a fine introduction to the work of this underappreciated writer. Meloy grounds us in her home landscape - our home landscape, where, she realizes, 'I always belonged, but didn't know it.' To earn our place in this red rock desert community, Meloy asks us to 'slow down, pay attention, stay local, go deep.