Nathaniel Miller is a writer and teacher in Missoula, Montana. He has won AP journalism awards in Colorado and New Mexico, and is working now on a book-length collection of essays.
In Montana, you need not go far in search of wounds. The place is rife with them. All you have to do is look between the familiar postcards of The Last Best Place and you’ll see them: slick, deforested hillsides connecting at sharp angles...
