Where the Wind Dreams of Staying is a personal memoir told through interwoven essays. In the tradition of environmental literature, Dieterle details his experiences in southeastern Washington, Utah, Nevada, Iowa, California, and Airzona. His restless search for purpose, identity, and place moves through cycles of success and failure, love and loss. He captures the emotional storms of a boy, and then a man, on a restless search for meaning in a place, or for a place with meaning.
 
Dieterle’s journey leads from the plateau of eastern Washington through the landscapes of seven states, ending in the shadow of the San Francisco peaks in northern Arizona. Readers will find rich, detailed explorations of western landscapes balanced with stories of personal reflection, determination, doubt, and fulfillment.

Eric Dieterle lives, works, and writes in Flagstaff, Arizona. He has written for newspapers, published essays in journals of environmental literature, and guest-blogged on topics ranging from the environment, sustainable living, and running at high altitudes. Dieterle holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in history from Washington State University, and a master’s in English from Iowa State University. Where the Wind Dreams of Staying is his first book.