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 David James Duncan
David James Duncan is a lifelong resident of riverbanks, and the author of the novels The River Why and The Brothers K, the story collection River Teeth, and the nonfiction collections My Story as Told by Water and God Laughs & Plays. His books have won three Pacific Northwest Bookseller’s Awards, two Pushcart Prizes, a Lannan Fellowship, the Western States Book Award, a National Book Award nomination, the American Library Association's 2003 Award for the Preservation of Intellectual Freedom (with co-author Wendell Berry) and other honors. His memoirs and essays have been anthologized in Best American Sports Writing, Best American Essays, five times in Best American Spiritual Writing, and forty other anthologies. His 4oo-plus public talks celebrate free-flowing rivers, imaginative and religious freedom, the tragicomedy of the writing life, the biological and spiritual importance of wilderness, wild rivers and wild salmon, and the workable charm, even in contemporary America, of the contemplative life.
Online Essays, Articles & Interviews by David James Duncan
- 1859 Magazine The River Why's David James Duncan on water, salmon and the policies that are killing them (Fall 2009)
- Powell's Q&A
- Orion: He Sets Me in the Stream - A short story (September/October 2007)
- Grist: By Hook and By Book - Duncan answers editors' and readers' questions, including his current literary work and activism and his dislike of the word "environment." (April 2, 2007)
- Grist: The River Dry - Sarah Kraybill Burkhalter's report of Duncan and friends rowing through a wheat field to illustrate connections between farmers and fishermen. (January 25, 2007)
- Extinction Stops Here - The rally's keynote speech by Duncan. (September 19, 2006)
- Orion: What Fundamentalists Need for Their Salvation - A fresh look at Christianity's call to nature. (August, 2005)
- Smokebox: The World's Longest Conversation - Interview conducted by mail from June 2002 to September 2004. (September, 2004)
- High Country News: A Native Son of Oregon Writes of Heartbreak, Determination - Interview by Adam Burke focusing on My Story as Told by Water. (May 26, 2003)
- Orion: When Compassion Becomes Dissent - Essay on the effects of war-making on language and on people. (February, 2003)
- Spokesman Review - Interview by Dan Webster focusing on The Brothers K. (September 16, 2002)
- Pacific Northwest Quarterly: Meeting the Author of The Brothers K - Interview by Daniel Lamberton. (March, 1993)
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