Linda M Hasselstrom

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 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 Wind: 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

Upcoming appearances

Casper College and ARTCORE's 23rd Annual Literary Conference, Oct. 8-10, 2009 Casper, Wyoming