This summer there have been five bison attacks in Yellowstone National Park

the result of visitors taking selfies with bison in the background.

My guest Sarah Miller has written a new book about this phenomenon.

The title of Miller's book is Bison Selfies. Sarah Miller is a freelance writer who lives in Nevada City,

California. Welcome back, Sarah Miller. Nevada City, California.

Welcome back, Sarah Miller.

Thank you, Terry.

It's great to be here.

You know, I have to admit when I started hearing about this, I was like, how do Bison

take selfies?

Their legs are so short.

Yeah, I think a lot of people think that.

Yeah, and they're bison selfie sticks.

You know, these are...

Yeah, there should be.

So, you know, you grew up in New England, your parents worked in public education,

and yet you, well, you chose to make a career

writing about the sort of perverse delight you experience

when people taking pictures of themselves alongside a

symbol of the American West in the American West are attacked by that symbol in real life.

Can you talk a little bit about the inspiration behind this, why you decided to take such a different path?

Well, first of all, I want to say that while I'm interested in all Bison Selfies, the ones that really

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