R.I.P. Tony Hillerman
Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 10.27.08 | 7:45 AM ET
The writer was best known for his mysteries and his “vivid descriptions of Indian rituals and of the vast plateau of the Navajo reservation in the Four Corners region of the Southwest.” He loved that part of the U.S. “Those places that stir me are empty and lonely,” he wrote. Hillerman was 83.
Update: World Hum contributor Deanne Stillman remembers Hillerman, her former journalism instructor.