Teaching the Cat to Sit by Michelle Theall

And her feature essay, All That’s Left is God, earned a 2011 GLAAD Media Award nomination.Īs the editor-in-chief and creative director at Women’s Adventure, Theall published works from Rick Bass, Terry Tempest Williams, and Pam Houston. More recently, Theall won two awards of excellence from the North American Travel Journalists’ Association for her feature and editorial writing. The author of two health books, Theall’s syndicated health and fitness column ran with McClatchy Tribune for several years, and she garnered two prestigious Folio Awards for her work with Women’s Adventure magazine (a title she created in 2003 and sold in 2008). She has appeared on NBC Today, MSNBC, The Travel Channel, and the Fox Sports Network.

Her memoir, Teaching the Cat to Sit, about growing up gay and Catholic in the Texas Bible Belt inspires timely discussion about the modern issues of family, motherhood, bullying, and faith. National Parks, National Parks Conservation Association, Winter 2006: Story about preservationist Virginia McClurg.Michelle Theall started her career in publishing twenty years ago and is currently the editor-in-chief of Alaska Magazine.Defenders, Defenders of Wildlife, Summer 2009: Story about the impact of US border enforcement on wildlife.National Geographic News, Summer 2012: Story about fish consumption on one of the nation’s most polluted rivers.Woodlands, American Forest Foundation, Fall 2013: Story and photos about the lingering impact of racism on forest conservation in the South.Woodlands, American Forest Foundation, Spring 2015: Story about fire ecology and conservation in the South’s longleaf pine forests.MAGAZINES and WEBSITES I have worked with dozens of magazines and websites on stories and photo essays, including Wildlife Conservation, National Parks, Defenders, Woodlands, High Country News, National Geographic, Outdoor Photographer and others. Nigge provided never-before-seen photos of this endangered bird and I wrote the natural history text for the book.

This book was a collaboration with celebrated German photographer Klaus Nigge. Whooping Crane: Images from the Wild, released 2010 by Texas A&M University Press The book combines wildlife and nature photography with essays on the natural and human history of the region.Īwards: National Outdoor Book Award 2013 American Library Association’s “Best of the Best” of University Presses 2013 Southwest Book of the Year 2012 New Mexico Book Award 2013 Eric Hoffer Book Award. Continental Divide: Wildlife, People and the Border Wall, released Fall 2012 by Texas A&M University PressĬontinental Divide explores the wildlife and wild places of the US-Mexico border, as well as the human history and culture of the region, and the impact US border and immigration policy are having on the borderlands.

Teaching the Cat to Sit by Michelle Theall