Hasselstrom, Linda M.

1943 -

Cheyenne, WY 82001
info@windbreakhouse.com
www.windbreakhouse.com
Laramie County

Biographical and Professional Information

Linda M. Hasselstrom writes, ranches, conducts writing retreats, and hosts a botanic garden on the South Dakota ranch homesteaded by her grandfather in 1899. She writes, "I am a perpetual student of American Western history, culture and ecology. I write to learn. My primary job is writing about the territory I love, including not only the land but its inhabitants, human and otherwise, and their stories." Hasselstrom lives seasonally in Cheyenne, Wyoming. She holds an MA in American Literature.

Genres

Essay
Nonfiction
Poetry
Wyoming Subjects

Titles

Crazy Woman Creek: Women rewrite the American West (2004). Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin. ISBN: 0618249338. Co-authors Nancy Curtis and Gaydell Collier.

Between Grass and Sky: Where I live and work (2002). Reno, NV: University of Nevada Press. ISBN: 0874175224.

Going Over East: Reflections of a rancher woman (2001). Golden, CO: Fulcrum. ISBN: 1555911412.

Woven on the Land: Women write about friendship in the sagebrush West (2001). Boston, MA: Hougton Mifflin. ISBN: 0395977088. Co-authors Nancy Curtis and Gaydell Collier.

Bitter Creek Junction (2000). Glendo, WY: High Plains Press. ISBN: 0931271533.

Feels Like Far: A rancher's life on the Great Plains (1999). New York: Lyons Press. ISBN: 1558218874.

Bison: Monarch of the Plains (1998). Portland, OR: Graphic Arts Center Publishing. ISBN: 1558684069.

Leaning into the Wind: Women write from the heart of the West (1997). Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin. ISBN: 0395837383. Co-authors Nancy Curtis and Gaydell Collier.

Roadside History of South Dakota (1994). Missoula, MT: Mountain Press Publishing. ISBN: 0878422625.

Dakota Bones: The collected poems of Linda Hasselstrom (1993). Peoria, IL: Spoon River Poetry Press. ISBN: 0944024238.

Land Circle: Writings collected from the land (1991). Golden, CO: Fulcrum. ISBN: 1555910823.

Roadkill (1987). Peoria, IL: Spoon River Poetry Press. ISBN: 0944024025.

Windbreak: A woman rancher on the Northern Plains (1987). Berkeley, CA: Barn Owl Books. ISBN: 0960962638.

Caught by One Wing: Poems (1984). Publisher City, State: J.D. Holcomb. ISBN: 0917624297.

Journal of a Mountain Man: Diary of a fur trapper, explorer in the 1800s (1984). Missoula, MT: Mountain Press Publishing Company. ISBN: 0878421823.

Study Guide for Horizons: The South Dakota writers' anthology (1984). Hermosa, SD: Lame Johnny Press. ISBN: 0917624300.

Speaking Engagements

Accepts and charges a $2,000 fee for speaking engagements, which includes travel, lodging and expenses. Fee is negotiable.
Contact:
Linda Hasselstrom
(605) 255-4064