May 24, 2020
A short story by Berkeley professor Beth Piatote was published Sunday in the Spokane Spokesman-Review as part of their "Summer Stories" series, commemorating the 40th anniversary of the eruption of Washington's Mount St. Helens. The piece, entitled "Rumblings", portrays how a chance encounter brings two strangers to a passionate but ultimately ruinous finale.
Professor Piatote is an associate professor of Native American studies, specializing in Native American literature and Nez Perce language revitalization. She is Nez Perce, and an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation. She published her first short story collection, The Beadworkers, in 2019.
Read the full piece online at The Spokesman-Review.