Northspur

In Northspur, Richard Wilson Moss shares his journey from little snow owl to King of Nothing. Northspur is a yarn of a young poet and family man in search of truth. On the way, he wrestles with self-doubt, his ego, his uncontrolled male sexuality and his family's expectations. The narrative is poetic, at times humorous, insightful, and colorful. From avoiding a race riot to avoiding the Vietnam War, this dusty young soul with family in tow travels from east to west to east, only to become an unwitting nomad trying desperately to come to terms with the hypocrisy and the hairsplitting of American culture. Along the way Richard comes across a multitude of interesting characters and ideas, some of those he cannot understand and many who cannot understand him. In his desire to retreat and hide from a ‘world of warriors', he grapples with morality and loses. Richard gets on the same train that all the rest of us get on and spends many a day during his journey trying to figure out just where the hell we're going. Northspur heralds the stops along the way.