Angle of Repose Resources

Want to learn more about the life and work of the estimable Wallace Stegner? We got you covered.

We know you were dying to know how to actually calculate an angle of repose. You were, right?

The Paris Review's legendary "Art of Fiction" series features tons of awesome interviews with legendary authors, and this chat with Stegner is no exception.

This brief piece discusses the harsh realities miners faced when they decided to try their luck in one of the most brutal businesses on the planet.

Check out this killer interview with Stegner in which he discusses his approach to writing, history, and environmentalism.

This documentary, produced several years before Stegner's death, provides a lot of awesome insight into the writer's life.

Will learning how to actually calculate an angle of repose help you understand the book? Probably not. But there's nothing wrong with doing science for kicks.

In this podcast, we get some killer insight into the massive influence Stegner has had on the modern environmentalist movement.

In this episode of NPR's This I Believe, you'll hear a rebroadcast of a radio recording of Stegner from the '50s. Check it out.

Here is a mine. It's in New Almaden. Okay, bye.

Wow, they look a lot like the mine in New Almaden. Who would've thunk it?