Geoff Proehl’s books, essays, and stories explore the role of language and knowledge in bridging (or not) the space between ourselves and others. His non-fiction focuses on the conventions of family drama and the role of dramaturgy — the study of the parts of a play and how they go together — in American theatre. His fiction, grounded in the landscape of the Pacific Northwest, centers on characters immersed in the mysteries of faith, sex, death, and love.