Paired together for Orion magazine's "Together Apart" series of letters from isolation, Pam Houston and Amy Irvine wrote to each other from opposite sides of the Continental Divide as they each sheltered in place in Colorado's high country. The two, who have yet to meet in person, kept writing-their letters forged a friendship and became Air Mail

Released as the world reels from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, this book offers solidarity and stories, comfort and outrage, and an invitation to process the personal and political implications of a major natural disaster

• Written by two widely known authors whose work has received the Colorado Book Award, the Ellen Meloy Desert Writers Award, a WILLA Award, and more
• Regional appeal in the Southwest
• Endorsements forthcoming from Carolyn Forche, Camille Dungy, Tommy Orange, Joy Harjo, Cheryl Strayed, and Leslie Jamison