Columbia River Estuary
Where I live, unseasonable snow in February, Our temperate rainforest, osprey and eagles. A friend brings a partner to a gathering, a parrot who does not contribute, though I learn males are vocal and aggressive.…
Bellingham Review Contributor
Ruby Hansen Murray
Ruby Hansen Murray is the regular culture columnist for the Osage News and a citizen of the Osage and Cherokee Nations living in the lower Columbia River estuary. She’s a MacDowell and Tin House Debut40+ fellow and winner of The Iowa Review (2012) and Montana (2017 and 2024) Nonfiction Prizes. Her poetry is forthcoming in Nimrod and Pleiades.