Lou’s News # 26 – Updated Media Infos (December 2024)
Hi All,
Two book-related events on the horizon, and below please find an updated list of selected Avalanche Dreams media coverage:
– Tomorrow evening (December 11, 6:00 pm), at our local library here in Carbondale Colorado. It’s “Meet the Author” with yours truly in conversation with Cindy Hershfield, editor, Cross Country Skier magazine. Info here.
– Then it’s soon up to Aspen again, where I’ll interview Jon Waterman at Explore Booksellers, regarding his new book Into The Thaw. (December 13, 6:00 pm) Info.
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Oh, and lest I forget: Avalanche Dreams reviews — if you’ve not had a chance, check out the much appreciated reviews on our Amazon pages. If you’re not yet done so, and you’ve read Avalanche Dreams, if at all possible please leave at least a star review — your authentic rating and/or text really helps.
THEN THERE’S THE EDITORIAL REVIEWS AND MEDIA EXPLOSIONS:
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We like Betsy Manero’s take (Backcountry magazine). It be here.
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Check out The Locals Show (TV video), November 2024, hosted by Erik Skarvan. Uber fun Interview.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agzAoREfv-g
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There’s the Gary Kofinas book review: “I binged non-stop on [Avalanche Dreams]—360 pages from beginning to end … well-crafted and a pleasure to read.” The Avalanche Review TAR, edition 43.1, Fall 2024.
https://theavalanchereview.org/
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The Powell Movement (podcast): Episode 406: Lou Dawson, interviewed by Mike Powell regarding the Avalanche Dreams memoir.
From the host: “On the podcast, we talk about growing up in Texas, moving to Aspen, the counterculture movement, the draft, the mountains, his must-read book, Avalanche Dreams, and much more.”
https://www.thepowellmovement.com/listen/2024/10/27/episode-…
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My keynote interview with Chris Davenport was a recent highlight, at our Backcountry Symposium here in Colorado. Listen up! (Image below, with Chris at the event).
https://www.aspenpublicradio.org/ideas-speakers-lectures/202…
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Telemark-Voices.com (blog): Lou Dawson Elevates Skiing (Again). More a biographical overview than a book focus. Well done by Jack O’Brien.
https://www.telemark-voices.com/post/lou-dawson-elevates-ski…
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The-High-Route.com (2024) podcast: “Dawson, pioneering American ski mountaineer, climber, and writer, dissects hard-earned wisdom of the mountain in Avalanche Dreams: A Memoir of Skiing, Climbing, and Life.”
https://the-high-route.com/thr-podcast-episode-17-avalanche-…
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Carol Thompson, Carol (2024) Book Review: “Avalanche Dreams … is an exhilarating memoir that takes readers on a thrilling, heart-pounding journey … but it’s also a reflective and moving read for anyone who has ever wrestled with their identity or sought meaning in their life’s most challenging moments.” Readers Favorite Book Reviews (website & newsletter)
https://readersfavorite.com/book-review/avalanche-dreams
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Irreligion: Ski Bums and Dirt Bags. (David Hale’s opinion column, book review): “[Dawson’s] recent book, Avalanche Dreams, memorializes not just the lifestyle … but also the many truly amazing athletes, inventors, visionaries, writers, and adventurers whom he climbed and skied with. The book almost has a Forrest Gump feel to it due to his friendships with so many of the legends of the time — some quirky, some eccentric, and some just plain crazy but none who epitomized the lifestyle more than Lou … ”
https://www.aspentimes.com/opinion/irreligion-ski-bums-and-dirtbags
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Reviews: memoirs from Lou Dawson… by Seth Masia, Skiing History (magazine & website). “A soulful coming-of-age memoir…”
www.skiinghistory.org/article/reviews-memoirs-lou-dawson-pet…
