Echoic Memory – CMarie Fuhrman

About this episode

CMarie Fuhrman reflects on the stories of the forest and the impact of colonial history on memory and identity.

This week, author and poet CMarie Fuhrman listens to the forest speak its old stories through the roll of thunder, the river emptied of salmon, and the howl of wolves in Idaho’s remote Frank Church Wilderness. In these sounds and silences, she remembers the people and knowledge that colonial history has tried to erase. Recognizing herself as a “person of ground,” she contemplates the past as something that we can call forth into the present, and memory as moving in the opposite direction of prayer—down into the Earth. Read the story. Discover our latest print edition, Volume 6: Seasons . Photo by Luca Werner

People in this episode

Guest: CMarie Fuhrman

Topics covered

• memory
• colonial history
• nature
• storytelling
• identity
• spirituality

Keywords

• echoic memory
• CMarie Fuhrman
• nature sounds
• colonial history
• Idaho
• Frank Church Wilderness
• storytelling
• identity
• spirituality

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Volume 6: Seasons

Places: Idaho, Frank Church Wilderness

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