← Richard HugoThe Lady in Kicking Horse Reservoirby Richard HugoPoems on landscape, family, and mortality in the American WestFind on Amazon↗About the authorRichard HugoAmerican poet of the Pacific Northwest whose poems explore the decaying small towns of Montana and Washington with rugged compassion. The Triggering Town is his influential essay collection.More by Richard HugoA Run of Jacks→Death of the Kapowsin TavernPoems elegizing small-town Pacific Northwest bars and working-class life→Good Luck in Cracked ItalianEssays and poems blending literary criticism with personal reflection→