Waterline

In June, the highly talented Ross Raisin brings out his second novel, Waterline (Viking), and there's also a return for Ali Smith, with the eccentrically titled There but for the (Hamish Hamilton).

Books in 2011 – from the new Alan Hollinghurst to David Foster Wallace's unfinished The Pale King 2011

Prytania Waterline reflects on parades past, and posts a photo of some Pussyfooters in front of his weird neighbor's house.

Your Right Hand Thief 2008

Prytania Waterline reflects on parades past, and posts a photo of some Pussyfooters in front of his weird neighbor's house.

Archive 2008-02-01 2008

(Marshes, Below the Waterline) Marsh stalwarts such as eel grass, wild celery, and pondweed attract waterfowl in two ways.

What's on the Menu 2003

(Marshes, Above the Waterline) The abundant seeds of wild rice and the tubers of duck potato are among the birds 'favorites.

What's on the Menu 2003

Then came the range of Plimsoll's Waterline, a rough country, unknown to Sandy, with scant food for many cattle, but sweet grass enough for a horse herd and containing pockets where the slicktails sometimes came.

Rimrock Trail 1906

The row that had culminated at the Waterline Ranch, ending in the trouble between Plimsoll and Wyatt, had brewed steadily.

Rimrock Trail 1906

But the talk was all of the brawl at the Waterline with contemptuous mention of Wyatt and the rest.

Rimrock Trail 1906

Waterline Hawss Ranch, sixteen miles east of you, more or less; an 'who gits more fancy breeds out of the mangy cayuses he shows his breedin' mares an 'stallions, than there is different fish in the sea.

Rimrock Trail 1906

One way led to Beaver Dam Lake, the other rifted deep through rocky outcrop, leading to the Waterline Range.

Rimrock Trail 1906