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2204, 2020

Alta: Digging the dirt on an LA farm

By Dean Kuipers|2021-05-25T18:05:55-08:00April 22nd, 2020|Categories: Blog, Stories|Comments Off on Alta: Digging the dirt on an LA farm

The novel coronavirus magnifies everything about nature and the material world, revealing both threat and benefit. So go ahead: start a tray of tomato seedlings in the kitchen window.

2212, 2019

Gray’s Sporting Journal: “The Deer Camp” by Christopher Camuto

By admin|2019-12-22T10:24:37-08:00December 22nd, 2019|Categories: Press|Comments Off on Gray’s Sporting Journal: “The Deer Camp” by Christopher Camuto

3009, 2019

Alta: In the footsteps of Portola

By Dean Kuipers|2021-05-25T18:06:04-08:00September 30th, 2019|Categories: Blog, Stories|Comments Off on Alta: In the footsteps of Portola

In his new book, Alta California, Nick Neely rediscovers the Golden State one step at a time.

2608, 2019

The Guardian: After the wildfire: Treating the mental health crisis triggered by climate change

By Dean Kuipers|2021-05-25T18:06:14-08:00August 26th, 2019|Categories: Blog, Stories|Comments Off on The Guardian: After the wildfire: Treating the mental health crisis triggered by climate change

After the wildfire: treating the mental health crisis triggered by climate change.

1706, 2019

LA Review of Books: Dean Kuipers Reviews Chris Dombrowski’s Ragged Anthem

By Dean Kuipers|2019-06-19T06:26:38-08:00June 17th, 2019|Categories: Blog, Stories|Comments Off on LA Review of Books: Dean Kuipers Reviews Chris Dombrowski’s Ragged Anthem

CHRIS DOMBROWSKI TALKS a lot about “the gone” in his new book of poems — the gone being the dead — but he’s still here.

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THE DEER CAMP: A Memoir of a Father, a Family, and the Land that Healed Them

Some families have to dig hard to find the love that holds them together. Some have to grow it out of the ground. THE DEER CAMP: A Memoir of a Father, a Family, and the Land that Healed Them is the true story of the author’s family and the power of nature.

Bruce Kuipers was good at hunting, fishing and working, but not at much else that makes a real father or husband. Conflicted, angry, and a serial cheater, he destroyed his relationship with his wife, Nancy, and alienated his three sons—journalist Dean, woodsman Brett, and troubled yet brilliant fisherman Joe. He distrusted people and clung to rural America as a place to hide.

So when Bruce purchased a 100-acre hunting property as a way to reconnect with his sons, they resisted. The land was the perfect bait, but none of them knew how to be together as a family. Conflicts arose over whether the land – an old farm that had been degraded and reduced to a few stands of pine and blowing sand – should be left alone or be actively restored. After a decade-long impasse, Bruce acquiesced, and his sons proceeded with their restoration plan. What happened next was a miracle of nature.

Dean Kuipers weaves a beautiful and surprising story about the restorative power of land and of his own family, which so desperately needed healing. Heartwarming and profound, THE DEER CAMP: A Memoir of a Father, a Family, and the Land that Healed Them is the perfect story of fathers, sons, and the beauty and magic of the natural world.