The Far Corner

Praise for John Daniel

"The Far Corner makes such good company because the writing is patient with what it wants to discuss. It thinks, recognizes nuance and includes it rather than dismissing it. The result is a view (of rivers, logging, Wallace Stegner, nonfiction prose) that's layered rather than simplistic and accurate rather than glib. John Daniel's essays sound a voice that wants to tell the truth and that finds out and makes clear how complicated and mysterious an effort this can be." Lex Runciman, Professor of English, Linfield College

"As beautifully wrought as it is truthful, Rogue River Journal is a Walden for our time." Pacific Northwest Booksellers Awards Committee

"John Daniel has quietly established himself over the past decade as one of the premier writers on the West Coast." The Bloomsbury Review

"John Daniel loves wilderness of all kinds, and gets out into it every chance, but it is more than scenery he is after. He has a streak of mysticism, some generalized religious sense, that is stimulated by the natural world, by physical effort, as in climbing, and by participation in the sounds and smells and seasons of nature . . . his essays will win him devoted readers." Wallace Stegner

"Daniel's writing is known for its clarity." The Oregonian