Rachel Gilman

RACHEL GILMAN {[email protected]} holds master’s degrees in Landscape, Literature, and Environment from Bath Spa University and in American Literature from Brigham Young University. She is a dedicated educator, passionate environmental activist, and freelance writer and editor.

Reading the Word: Spirit Materiality in the Mountain Landscapes of Nan Shepherd

Articles/Essays – Volume 52, No. 4

As a graduate student at the time of the 2016 presidential election, I felt the heightened tension of Utah’s vote and the ensuing schism as political and religious beliefs played out on a national stage that foregrounded environmental issues, such as the overturning of land designations for national monuments like Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante.