Photographer Kathleen Jo Ryan (and friend of Betty Fulton)
first witnessed the awe-ins piring spectacle of the Grand Canyon in
1987. A year later she rafted the Colorado River into the canyon,
emerging from this transforming experience with the idea for a book:
"Going down the river into the heart of the canyon is adventuring
into a place of spirit. I hold a warm, overwhelming feeling of gratitude,
respect, and humility for having been allowed to float and play through
this majestic canyon." In Writing Down the River Ryan shares her gratitude
by inviting women writers to venture down the Colorado and contribute
their "personal journeys." Gretel Ehrlich provides context--historical,
geographic, and biographical--in the foreword, and 15 other writers
join the celebration with their individual voices.