Carver, Douglas was born in southeastern Colorado and came of age between farm towns, mission halls, and long stretches of highway. After high school he worked as a line cook, irrigation hand, and later as an EMT in northern New Mexico before studying sociology at a state university. His essays on rural labor, digital culture, and recovery have appeared in regional journals and public radio segments across the Mountain West. He facilitates peer support groups, mentors first-generation students, and volunteers with a wilderness search-and-rescue team. He lives in Missoula, Montana, with his partner and an elderly blue heeler named Cricket.
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