Long River Home

In Long River Home, David Kherdian invites readers into the luminous landscape of his youth, a time when the silver screen shimmered with cowboys, gangsters, and dreams of being "somebody" in a world full of possibility. Growing up amid the lingering shadows of the Depression, he navigates a changing America with wide-eyed curiosity, absorbing the rhythms of family, neighborhood, and nature.

Through short prose pieces and poems, Kherdian recalls the small wonders-a robin at the window, a sec...