We’re heading back to Las Vegas this December for the National Finals Rodeo, and you’re invited to join us at the Ahern Hotel, Dec. 10–13, for National Cowboy Poetry Gathering on the Road!
Q&A: Leather Workers Pedro & Tony Pedrini
“You can express, you can carve whatever you want,” says acclaimed saddlemaker Pedro Pedrini in his Q&A with the Western Folklife Center. Pedro came to Elko from France in the 1970s to study saddlemaking. Now, five decades later, Pedro has his own saddle shop in Spring Creek, Nevada, and works with his son Tony. Pedro and Tony will be co-teaching a leather carving workshop at the 41st Gathering.
A Hell of a Lot More Than Poetry
Ask a Cowboy Poet: Stage Superstitions
Ask a Cowboy Poet: Wrangling Rhymes
Redefining Island Time
Development Director Daniel Neel Retires
Let's Keep the Gathering Sustainable and in Elko
Ask a Cowboy Poet: "Memorable Gathering Moments"
Ask a Cowboy Poet: "Seasonal Change"
Ask a Cowboy Poet: "Distilling Vast Vistas"
Making Makilak
Ask a Cowboy Poet: "Transition Planning"
Ask a Cowboy Poet: "Favorite Place on Earth"
Ask a Cowboy Poet: "When Inspiration Strikes"
Ask a Cowboy Poet: "Ornery Cow"
Ask a Cowboy Poet: "Sound vs Imagery"
The Gathering in Two Words
Ask a Cowboy Poet: "Artistic License"
This month, the cowboy poets discuss artistic license in poems as they answer a question posed by The Man Who Didn’t Shoot Liberty Valance: “Could you comment on how you approach decisions about taking artistic license in your writing? Also, could you comment on any historical poems you’ve researched where you’ve found the legend has outpaced the truth or the truth is in fact stranger than fiction?”
Editing "The Cowboy" Archetype
Respected buckaroo, horseman, and ranch manager Jeff Mundell advocates for the role of the horseback cowboy in a collaborative, future-oriented, regenerative agriculture movement. Read Jeff’s essay about shifting “The Cowboy” archetype with conversations across occupational cultures that connect story-wise cowboys, data-wise scientists, and the living flora and fauna that tie them together.
















