KEN LAMBERTON

ESSAYS & ARTICLES

“A Day in Baja Arizona: Patagonia” Edible Baja Arizona, July/August, 2016
“A Day in Baja Arizona: Bisbee” Edible Baja Arizona, May/June, 2016
“Sometimes the Miracle Follows,” Desert Leaf, Jan/Feb, 2016
“Being Light.”  Rain Shadow Review, Dec. 2015
“Lost in a Vortex” to Tucson Weekly, April, 2015
"Seed Saviors" Edible Baja Arizona, May/June 2015
"Introduction to Beyond Desert Walls" and "Desert's Child," Words Without 
Walls: Writers on Addiction, Violence, and Incarceration (Anthology), 2015
"Gluttony" and "Cottonwood," Orion, Jan/Feb 2015
"Chimichanga!" Edible Baja Arizona, Nov/Dec 2014
"Revisiting a Dry River," Edible Baja Arizona, Jul/Aug 2014
"The Wisdom of Serpents," ISLE, Winter 2014
"Iconic Arizona," Desert Leaf, 2014
"Chasing Gods," Blue Lyra Review, 2014
"Tucson, Arizona," Orion, Fall 2013
"A Bridge to Everywhere," Vermilion Flycatcher, 2013
"River Gods" Living Now (Anthology), 2011
The Way of Natural History (Anthology), 2011
"Digging Mars," Stories from the Other Side (Anthology), 2011
"Night of the Grunion," Stories from the Other Side, 2011
"Walking Above the Membrane," Stories from the Other Side, 2011
"Seeing," Stories from the Other Side, 2011
"Wastewater Holy Water," Sky Island Alliance newsletter, Fall 2008
"Gluttony," Walking Rain Review, July 1, 2008
"Night Time," Let There Be Night (Anthology), 2008
Tumacacori: Highland of Jaguars," Art in Wilderness (Anthology),     
December 2007
"Sex and Society," Walking Rain Review, July 1, 2007
"The Indifference of Geology, Sky Island Alliance newsletter, Spring 2007
"Iguana 101," Qarrtsiluni, 2007
"Blurred Lines, Borderless Wings," Sonora Review, Spring 2006
"Tumacácori: Highland of Jaguars," The Fourth River, Mar. 1, 2006
“His Preferred Immortality,” Los Angeles Times, Sept. 20, 2005
“A Southwestern Legend Returns,” Los Angeles Times, Aug. 30, 2005
“Searching for Ed,” Walking Rain Review, July 1, 2005
“Desert’s Child,” Pilgrimage, Apr. 8, 2005
“God Love My Conservative In-Laws,” Walking Rain Review, July 1, 2004
"Wild Time”: Prisoners and Nature,” Eco-Man: New Perspectives on 
Masculinity and Nature (Anthology), June 1, 2004
“Class of 1984,” Walking Rain Review, July 1, 2003
“Hope Beyond the Razor Wire,” Walking Rain Review, July 1. 2003
“Crimes and Passion,” The University Book, Jan. 1, 2003
“Hope Beyond the Razor Wire,” The Arizona Daily Star, Feb. 2, 2003
“Neutering the Boys,” Walking Rain Review, July 1, 2002
“Letter to Jessica,”  Northern Lights, Mar. 1, 2002
“Adobe, Hawks, and Shadows,”  ISLE, Nov. 1, 2001
“Crime and Passion,” Walking Rain Review, July 1, 2001
“Letter to a Man Released to Death,” Walking Rain Review, June 1, 2001
“Searching for Gray Hawks,” Bird Watcher’s Digest, June 1, 2001
“Of Pinacate Beetles and Beaches,” Getting Over the Color Green 
(Anthology), Mar. 1, 2001
“Letter to a Man Released to Death,” Northern Lights, Feb. 28, 2001
“Dust,” Spirit and Life, Jan. 1, 2001
“The Kissing Bug,” Arizona Highways, Sept. 1, 2000
“The Wisdom of Toads,” The Best Science and Nature Writing 2000 
(Anthology)
“Exile,” Walking Rain Review, July 1, 2000
“Mountain City Review,” Northern Lights, June 23, 2000
“Exile,” Puerto Del Sol, Spring 2000
“Down Time,” Northern Lights, Feb. 28, 2000
“Natural Life,” South Dakota Review, Winter 1999
“Desert Time,” You Are Here, Nov. 15, 1999
“Queen,” Gettysburg Review, Oct. 18, 1999
“Weeds,” Alligator Juniper, Aug. 1, 1999
“Raptor and Flycatchers,” American Nature Writing 1999 (Anthology)
“The Wisdom of Toads,” Puerto Del Sol, Apr. 12, 1999
“Urban Raptor Invasion,” Tucson Lifestyle, Mar. 1, 1999
“Writing from the Niche,” By Line, Dec. 1, 1998
“Mesquite,” Green Mountains Review, Dec. 1, 1998
“Razor Wire Notes and Rare Moments of Clarity,” Rattle, Dec. 1, 1998
“Of Swallows and Doing Time,” Manoa, Winter 1998
“Weeds,” South Dakota Review, June 25, 1998
“Tide-pooling,” Listen, Apr. 1, 1998
“The Sound of Water,” Listen, Mar. 1, 1998
“Wildtime,” Northern Lights, Fall 1997
“The Importance of Trees,” Snowy Egret, Fall 1997
“Weeds,” South Dakota Review, Fall 1997
“Captive Species,” Oasis, July 1997
“Harvester Ants,” Arizona Great Outdoors, June 1, 1997
“Perfect Marine Crustaceans,” Tropical Fish Hobbyist, June 1, 1997
“Raptors and Flycatchers,” Snowy Egret, Spring 1997
“A Bird for the Fist,” Listen, Nov. 1 1996
“Perfect Marine Gastropods,” Tropical Fish Hobbyist, Oct. 1, 1996
“Sonoran Mud Turtle,” New Mexico Wildlife, Sept. 1, 1996
“Phainopepla,”  Bird Watcher’s Digest, Sept. 1, 1996
“The Cooper’s Hawk, New Mexico Wildlife, July 1, 1996
“Spadefoot Toad,” New Mexico Wildlife, July 1, 1996
“Saguaros are for the Birds,” Bird Watcher’s Digest, May 1, 1996
“Ventana Canyon,” Tucson Lifestyle, Apr. 1, 1996
“Jojoba,” Arizona Great Outdoors, Mar. 1, 1996
“Campo Bonito and the failed Mines of Buffalo Bill,” Tucson Lifestyle,                
March 1, 1996
“Of Pinacate Beetles and Beaches,” Southwest American Literature,             
March 1, 1996
“Bugs that Guzzle,” Freshwater and Marine Aquarium Magazine, Feb. 1, 1996
“Thick-billed Parrot,” On Wings, Jan. 1, 1996
“My Private Piranha,” Listen, Dec. 1, 1995
“Ruins,” Petroglyph, Oct. 1, 1995
“Harris’ Hawk,” New Mexico Wildlife, Sept. 1, 1995
“History by Foot,” Arizona Adventure, Aug. 24, 1995
“Barn Swallows,” On Wings, Aug. 1, 1995
“Side-blotched Lizard,” New Mexico Wildlife, May 1, 1995
“The Creosote Bush,” New Mexico Wildlife, Apr. 1, 1995
“Desert’s Child,” Cimarron Review, Apr. 1, 1995
“Fear of Snakes,” Snowy Egret, Mar. 1, 1995

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