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John has published articles and essays in such
magazines as Horizon Air Magazine, Montana Magazine, Mountain Living,
the Chronicle of Community, and High Country News. His occasional columns
on the American West have appeared in dozens of Western newspapers through
the High Country News "Writers on the Range" series. He has
also been a commentator on public radio's High
Plains News Service.
John's magazine articles include narrative
nonfiction and personal essays. Recent publications include:
In Montana Magazine (March, 2008), an article on restoring
Caroline Lockhart's ranch
In The
Montana Quarterly, autumn 2007, an article on the Bighorn Canyon
In Horizon Air
(July 2007), a personal essay "There's
My Bike! Sweet!"
For Writers on the Range
(June 2007), an essay "Clint
Eastwood in a Dress"
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In the Denver Post
(January 7, 2007), an essay Hold on, I'm on
my cell.
For Writers on the Range
(August 2006), an essay Relishing those idiosyncratic
Western triumphs.
For Writers on the Range
(July 2006), an essay Deja vu all over again.
In Horizon Air (July
2006), a personal essay "Mixed Bag."
For Montana:
The Magazine of Western History (Summer 2006), a narrative history
"Caroline Lockhart on the Dryhead: Happily-ever-aftering on a Montana
Cattle Ranch." This article was supported by a grant from the Montana
Committee for the Humanities.
In The
Montana Quarterly (Spring 2006), a review of the life of "Liver-Eatin'"
Johnston.
In Horizon Air
(February 2006), a humorous essay proposing fanciful new dog breeds.
For Writers on the Range
(December 2005), a parody "Welcome, podnah, to the Westernized West."
In Horizon Air
(October 2005), a humorous essay on the small-town garage-sale circuit.
At www.NewWest.net
(October 2005), an essay exploring the odd
geographic divide among critics' reactions to the movie "An Unfinished
Life."
For Writers on the Range
(September 2005), an essay "The UPS
Guy" .
For Writers on the Range
(August 2005), an essay Big News in a Small
Town .
For LEGACY:
A Journal of Women Writers (Spring 2005), a profile of Caroline Lockhart.
From April 2005 in the
Casper Star-Tribune and Telluride
Daily Planet, an essay on the Walt Disney company's move into Yellowstone
National Park .
For Writers on the Range
(January 2005), a personal essay The Official
Myths.
For Writers on the Range
(December 2004), a personal essay The Teenaged
West.
For Montana:
The Magazine of Western History (Autumn 2004), a narrative history
"The Trials of John L. Smith." (You can view a very- poorly-scanned
and possibly-illegally-reproduced copy here
but remember that none of the typos belong to the original publisher.)
In the Casper Star-Tribune
(Oct 20, 2004) and elsewhere, a personal essay Automate
This!.
For Writers on the Range
(June 2004), a personal essay Where the
Streets Have No Names. This piece also appeared in the Cody Enterprise, Nov. 11, 2004.
In the Denver Post
and Casper Star-Tribune, (March 7, 2004), a personal essay Newcomers to West Perpetuate Myths. This
piece was also reprinted in High Country News on April 26 and the
Cody Enterprise June 7.
For a High Country
News cover story, (Feb 16, 2003) reporting
on the scene of a coalbed methane trial in Billings, Montana
In Horizon Air
(December 2003), a personal essay on the western artist Charles M. Russell
For the Montana
Festival of the Book, (September, 2003), a parody "Montana
1948-50," which won John his second Nahum Tate cup, a
feat unprecedented in Montana literature
In the Missoula Independent
(September 18, 2003) and elsewhere, a humorous essay "Fit
to be T'd"
For Writers on the
Range (July 2003), a humorous essay "Hanging
Loose in Bear Country"
In the Denver Post,
(May 26, 2003), a personal essay "A
mountain hamlet's homecoming"
In Horizon Air
(May, 2003), a personal essay on unusual marriage proposals
In Montana Magazine
(March, 2003), an article on hiking the southern Pryor Mountains
For Writers on the
Range (January 20, 2003), a personal essay "The
Origin of Names"
In Horizon Air
(October, 2002), a personal essay on small-town street names
In the Denver Post
and High Country News (April Fools Day, 2002), a survey of "New and Noteworthy Books about the American
West"
For Writers on the
Range (January, 2002), a satire "A Modest Proposal for Montana
Economic Development"
For Writers on the
Range (November, 2001), an essay on Jerks
in Montana History.
In Horizon Air
(October, 2001), a personal essay "What's in a Name?"
For the Montana
Festival of the Book, (September, 2001), a parody "A Rivet
Runs Through It," which won John the coveted Nahum Tate cup
For Writers on the
Range (January, 2001), an essay on the "New West"
of 1933
In the Williams Alumni
Review (Autumn, 2000), an article "Model Community" on the
New Urbanist architect Jeff Speck.
For Writers on the
Range (October, 2000), a personal essay on the Montana wildfires
In Montana Magazine
(September, 2000), an article on hiking Line Creek Plateau
In Horizon Air
(July, 2000), a personal essay "Mail Bonding"
For Writers on the
Range (May, 2000), a personal essay "Ich
Bin Ein Neonative""
In Montana Magazine
(November, 1999), an article on Red Lodge Mountain ski resort
In Horizon Air
(October, 1999), a personal essay "Nature's Drift"
In Horizon Air
(August, 1999), a personal essay "Books by Heart: A Small-Town
Librarian's Personal Touch"
In the Chronicle of
Community (Spring, 1999), an article "Elk Viewing Illustrates
Community Collaboration"
For Writers on the
Range (April, 1999), a personal essay "When
the Republic Strays"
For Writers on the
Range (November, 1998), a personal essay "Letter to a Woodsplitter"
In the Chronicle of
Community (Spring, 1998), a personal essay "Topless Beaches,
Violin Cases, Undercover Cops, and -- oh, yes! -- Commercial Transactions"
John covered Montana and Wyoming for the online
news service www.streetmail.com during 2000 and 2001, where his weekly
column looked at politics, culture, and the environment -- everything
from I-90’s new Shiloh interchange to the state's environmental politics.
Sadly, Streetmail has changed its focus, away from smaller markets and
thought-provoking content. But boy, those dot-com boom days were good
ones even for writers!
John's literary readings of his essays and
articles have covered topics including community and sense of place, how
technology changes small towns, and small town political entertainment.
For more information, email John at info@johnclaytonbooks.com
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Prologue
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