by Steven Higgs | Nov 5, 2025 | Uncategorized
I have a trove of memories from the times I spent with Hilario Martinez in Colombia, the most vivid among them his reaction when I relayed news reports in 1975 that said some Americans were eating dog food. We were in a Chinese restaurant in Bogotá, and the image so...
by Steven Higgs | Nov 1, 2025 | Uncategorized
I’ve played the author game enough times to recognize the life cycle of ink on paper in the Digital Age. And, barring a lightning bolt, I’m certain that the coffee table book Andy Mahler and the Hoosier National: The Folk Hero and the Forest He Loves, will be a...
by Steven Higgs | Oct 22, 2025 | Uncategorized
Editor’s note: The following essay was written in 2009 in The Bloomington Alternative as part of a series called “Forty Years in Bloomington: A Memoir.” We had learned in Cartegena that artisans wove the wall hangings I was importing through Steven C Imports...
by Steven Higgs | Oct 18, 2025 | Uncategorized
Editor’s note: The following essay was written in 2009 in The Bloomington Alternative as part of a series called “Forty Years in Bloomington: A Memoir.” My first trip to Colombia on my way to the Amazon River was actually pretty ridiculous. Travel...
by Steven Higgs | Oct 13, 2025 | Uncategorized
When Pablo Escobar scotched my plans to photograph the Upper Amazon Rainforest in 1976, I turned to the closest jungle I could find to satisfy my innate desire to journalistically explore the woods – the Hoosier National Forest. Exactly one year after my first trip to...
by Steven Higgs | Oct 10, 2025 | Uncategorized
To suggest that Tabatinga’s Mirador Komara is the best place for sunset over the Amazon River would be folly, given the enormity of the river’s geographic expanse. But the outdoor club on the southern outskirts of the Brazilian city would make any list, especially if...
by Steven Higgs | Sep 28, 2025 | Uncategorized
Editor’s note: What follows is the foundation for a talk I will give at the Heartwood Reunion on Friday, Oct. 3, and revise for upcoming events at Morgenstern Books, Juniper Gallery, and WFHB Community Radio’s Big Talk with Mike Glab. *** Before I begin relating my...
by Steven Higgs | Sep 20, 2025 | Uncategorized
PHOTO ALBUM: Trieste, Miramare Castle, James Joyce,Duino, Rainer Maria Rilke Thinking Path I’m no expert on James Joyce’s place in literary history. But as we strolled along the Grande Canal de Trieste, I knew I was walking in the literal footsteps of the writer for...
by Steven Higgs | Sep 13, 2025 | Uncategorized
When we sat down in Santa Rosa, Peru, for our first experience on the world’s greatest river, the thought of a military jet flying over the Brisas del Amazon restaurant to send a hostile message was totally counterintuitive. We had landed in Leticia, Colombia, the...
by Steven Higgs | Sep 6, 2025 | Uncategorized
Thanks to the incredible interest and generosity of our friends, pre-orders of Andy Mahler and the Hoosier National will be delivered the week of Sept. 26. I have approved the final electronic proof. The presses are scheduled to roll on Sept. 23. While Andy sadly will...
