Ruby McConnell

A little bit of hope in numbers for the start of your week, via this month's essay over at Solid Ground. rubygonewild.substack.com/p/…

"You can’t express the euphoria of seeing the first arrivals of the spring migration, the geese and cranes that come in singles and isolated pairs. The sensation of laying on a bed of moss..." Read the whole essay at substack (link in comments)

The Northwest Review literary magazine is back! Northwest Review was first published by the University of Oregon in 1957. The inaugural included Ken Kesey’s first publication. Read and donate to support human-generated writing at its best here: nwreview.org/

For the June 2026 edition of Solid Ground, I reexamine the relationship between dinosaurs and birds. It’s a mind-bending rearrangement of our worldview and an evolutionary masterclass in surviving scorched-earth events. rubygonewild.substack.com/p/…

Cover reveal! This month Solid Ground (Substack) has the big new book news and a look back at the lessons learned from one of my most popular pieces, story of the Applegate Trail:rubygonewild.substack.com/p/…

On Arsenic and the Old West: A Sunday Dispatch from the High Desert open.substack.com/pub/rubygo…

Celebrating ten years of writing the wild and getting people outside! Read about the long and winding road to the publication of an outdoor classic here: open.substack.com/pub/rubygo…

Ten years of A Woman's Guide to the Wild! More than 30,000 copies sold. This book has a life of its own. It's been spotted in National Park bookstores, feminist conferences in Poland, on lounge chairs along Lake Michigan, in the Wall Street Journal and everywhere books are sold.

New dispatch from the largest Dark Sky Sanctuary in the world: open.substack.com/pub/rubygo…

New from my Substack, Solid Ground: Stories of Earth and Everyday Life. Read, subscribe, and share! The Affluence of Time open.substack.com/pub/rubygo…