The Turquoise Ledge by Leslie Marmon Silko
“The Turquoise Ledge encompasses many different narratives, including a loosely-structured account of a few years in Silko’s life spent walking in the desert, observing nature, and fuming over a neighbor she calls “machine man,” who uses heavy equipment to remove boulders from public land for use on his property. Silko also weaves in an account …