MICHAEL MCLANE
MICHAEL MCLANE is the author of the chapbooks Fume and Trace Elements. He is a founding editor of the journal saltfront, the review editor for Sugar House Review and a poetry editor for Dark Mountain. His work has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies, including Western Humanities Review, Colorado Review, Laurel Review, Interim, Utah Historical Quarterly, and South Dakota Review. He recently earned a PhD from Victoria University’s International Institute of Modern Letters. McLane is from Salt Lake City, Utah, and lives in New Zealand.
BEHIND THE BOOK
An interview with Michael McLane about the making of the collection The Once and Future Lake (COMING SOON!).
BOOKS BY THE EDITOR
Stories for Great Salt Lake
For thousands of years, Great Salt Lake has played a surprisingly central role in the lives of humans and animals throughout the American West and across entire continents. Once a destination for wellness seekers, the lake’s alarming disappearance is already affecting skiing, tourism, and the region’s economic future.
The Once and Future Lake brings together nature writers, scientists, and storytellers to reveal the beauty of this complex ecosystem and to proclaim a future where Great Salt Lake will once again thrive—as long as we act before it’s too late. Through essay, story, and poetry, these writers show how intertwined the lake’s fate is with our own and that restoring and rewilding Great Salt Lake is possible, practical, ambitious, and essential.
"Contributors to The Once and Future Lake invite us to their beloved lake so we can all envision a healthier future for her—and for the rest of the more-than-human world, too.”
—LAURA PASKUS, editor, Water Bodies