Renata Golden’s essay collection "Mountain Time: A Field Guide to Astonishment," published by CSU Press/UGA Press, is the winner of the 2024 Southwest Book Award and was a finalist for the New Mexico/Arizona Book Award, among other awards. Her poems and essays have been published in Black Warrior Review, Poets for Science, The Galway Review, About Place Journal, River Teeth, True Story from Creative Nonfiction, and Chautauqua, among others. Her work has been included in anthologies including "The Nature of Our Times and First and Wildest: The Gila Wilderness at 100." Renata earned an MFA in creative writing from the University of Houston and currently serves as reviews editor and board member for Terrain.org. Originally from the South Side of Chicago, she now lives in Santa Fe.
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