Henry Kinder

Desert Mourning

As President Trump’s decision to drastically shrink Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument is held up in courts, three people with deep ties to the monument — a Paiute grandfather who helped determine its original boundaries, a Mormon rancher whose livelihood is entwined with the land and a former backcountry ranger who found solace in its vast folds — contemplate what’s at stake.

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In a Home for unwed mothers in 1962, a pregnant girl tries to save her friend’s memories in order to save their friendship.