The Anthropology of Turquoise

This book made me pilgrimage to the Colorado River, write three poems, and rewatch Into the Blue (2003) starring Jessica Alba's tan.

I picked this up thinking it would be a micro-history of turquoise, and found that it was worlds more than that. A blend of nature lit and memoir and meditation, all distilled through a fierce love of one particular place on this big beautiful earth. I think it should only be read outdoors, or at least with a view toward outdoors, in a place that you love.