Finding a Place in the Natural World
Reviving Artemis is the unlikely story of a woman raised in mid-twentieth-century suburbia, then lived in New York City as a young adult, and moved to Vermont in 1984. For more than thirty years, she raised domestic livestock, kept bees, and cultivated fruits and vegetables while teaching literature and telling stories. But when she turned sixty, something shifted. Luskin was overtaken by a primal urge to step out of the garden, off the blazed trails, and into untracked forest by learning to hunt deer.
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Could there be two people more different?
It’s 1964, and Rose Mayer is recently widowed, a Democrat, and Jewish. When she meets Percy Mendell, a born and bred Vermonter, who has never married and never voted for a Democrat, they clash before a surprising romance springs up, challenging all of the status quos. At age 64, they both must employ their humor, wit and compassion to even consider the other. Set against the backdrop of Vermont’s changing season and voraciously opinionated population, Into the Wilderness is both a love story and a testament to the surprising flexibility of the human heart.
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Deborah Lee Luskin
Deborah Lee Luskin moved from New York City to Vermont in 1984 to write, garden, keep bees, and raise daughters. Luskin has been an editorial columnist, radio commentator, pen-for-hire, and blogger. Her first novel, Into the Wilderness, won the Independent Publishers Gold Medal for Regional Fiction. Luskin has also enjoyed a long career as an educator, teaching writing and literature-based humanities to gifted elementary writers, college students, new adult readers, life-long learners, healthcare workers, and prison inmates. She holds a PhD in English Literature and expected to become an academic, not a deer hunter. She lives in Vermont with her husband, their dog, usually a cat, and a variable number of chickens.
Living In Place
Call in the Clowns Without Borders
This article about Clowns Without Borders appeared in THE GUARDIAN on Friday, April 23, 2021, an organization I’m connected to through its executive director, Naomi Shafer. I’m not just proud of her work; I’m in awe of it. Thanks, Deborah
How to Be a Patriot
It's not about waving a flag. Americans who object to wearing a mask, claiming it’s an infringement on their civil rights, are not patriots no matter how many flags they pin to their lapels. The Bill of Rights enumerates Americans’ protected freedoms, but...
Jonesing for Trump
Checking the News Like an Addict No one could be more surprised than I to be jonesing for Trump, but I’m still checking the news like an addict. I thought I was going to kick the habit of the thrice-daily news meals plus snacks, eager to see what the new outrage might...
