Author, Teacher, Wanderer
Bio
Daryl Farmer is the author of Where We Land, a collection of short stories and Bicycling Beyond the Divide, winner of a Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers Award and also named as a Colorado Book Award finalist. He was born in Colorado Springs, at the…
Books
Where We Land: Stories (Brighthorse Books, 2016) Daryl Farmer writes about parts of the country where dreams go to be born or to die, places where the most unforgiving landscape is the human heart. Set in the western United States and in the…
Media
Writing Samples: https://www.clippings.me/darylfarmer Listen to Daryl discuss Where We Land and Bicycling beyond the Divide on some of his favorite radio stations: South Dakota Public Radio interview, March, 2018: http://listen.sdpb.org/post/beyond-divide-author-daryl-farmer Interview with KUAC and Northern Soundings’ Robert Hannon: Community by Community: Author Daryl Farmer
From Djupivogur, Southeast Iceland
I write this from inside Langabud, the oldest building in Djúpavogi, a town on the southeast coast. Part coffee shop, part museum, it was built sometime between 1740 and 1790. It is full of surprises. The first floor displays work by the artist/sculptor…
Why I’m Bicycling Iceland
The flight from Anchorage to Reykjavik moves from afternoon to morning, skipping night altogether. The effect is deliciously disorienting. I arrived at my hotel just after 8 am, or what would be midnight back in Alaska. The hotel clerk was gracious enough to let…