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Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment Advance Access originally published online on July 18, 2009
Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment 2009 16(3):617-624; doi:10.1093/isle/isp050
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Wading

Melissa Helquist

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I am wading at the edges of Low Lake. If I swam out farther, I would see a full moon hanging heavy above the horizon. But I am caught by fears and unsure limbs, held tightly to the familiar shore. Across the water, I hear my students' laughter. They have swum out to meet the moon.

I came to the shores of this lake at the edge of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area to teach about water and writing. I knew nothing of the Quetico-Superior's abundant waterways and admittedly little about teaching this sort of writing. The Associated Colleges of the Midwest Wilderness Field Station (now the Coe College Wilderness Field Station) rests on the shores of Low Lake in the Superior National Forest, some ten miles of gravel road from Ely, Minnesota. A collection of nine rustic cabins nestled into stands of birch and pine, the field station has . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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