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Aurora is a shimmering witness to Thom Tammaro’s bond with a place that he has come to know and obviously love. His stories about that day along the Red River, dry pods of milkweed, harvest time, hunters, closing the cabin, waiting for the first snowfall, and the demise of the buffalo are evidence of how much he has become a part of the Dakotas’ open horizon. The poems are beautiful and follow seasonal changes tending toward the autumnal and wintery, appropriate for a poet writing out of the Red River Valley. We see real night hawks “above the roof of the old science building at the university.” We see buffalo on the hills and meadows “sway like tall black grass,” and when we’re finished with considering the “voices of escape or return,” we can love the “pods of milkweed/ Red pine, blazing stars/ The purple clusters of September.” Besides this beautiful book (there have been three previous collections and two chapbooks), it’s time to celebrate Tammaro’s contribution to the literary life of the area. He has edited and curated many anthologies of thematic tributes, as well as a collection of Minnesota women poets from territorial days to the present. Working on that anthology with Thom and Connie Wanek was one of the delights of my literary career. Thom is a gem, a guiding star, and a guy who will spend hours to get your car started in a polar vortex snow storm. The same creative energy that made this beautiful book of poems floods Thom’s work in other areas, especially those that contribute to the literary world of the upper Midwest, bright as any aurora.

—Joyce Sutphen, Minnesota Poet Laureate 2011–2021

In a small North Dakota town, Sheriff Ray Adams faces the dangers of a changing world where bigotry and violence are fueled by social media. As he confronts these challenges, he reflects upon his own life, the life of his ex-wife--a former Miss Rodeo North Dakota--and the prejudices faced by their daughter growing up in a small town on the prairie. The peace is about to be shattered, and there will be blood. The Last Dakota Cowboy is a deeply moving story about love, loss, and betrayal in uncertain times. 

"Paul Legler's The Last Dakota Cowboy centers on a rough-and-tumble sheriff dealing with a broken marriage based on a near fatal attraction. At the same time, the oil boom brings big changes and shady characters to his small Dakota town. Heartfelt, full of the hard history of this country, and action packed, it's a natural for the legion of fans of Yellowstone and Madison and the Longmire series."
--Pete Fromm, five-time winner of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Literary Award. 

ISBN: 978-1-946163-84-4

Page Count: 148

Picture Count: NA

Paperback

Publication Year: 2026