Once again, I wanted to highlight a number of books that came across our radar as of late…
Melted Away: A Memoir of Climate Change & Caregiving in Peru
by Barbara Drake-Vera
Candid, poignant, and deeply researched, Melted Away is the true story of how a writer at midlife reclaims her agency, and an ardent plea to care for the planet by embracing collectivism and mutual aid.
Eco-Words: The Ecology of Conversation
by Anna Lisa Tota
This book examines the power of words. It explores the links between communication, language and identity, arguing for a certain gravity to the practice of speech, for offering only meaningful words to the people we talk to.
This Animal Body: A Novel
by Meredith Walters
This Animal Body explores how we find our place in the world not only as individuals, but also as a species, and how we can repair our relationships with our human and more-than-human families.
Earth & Soul: Reconnecting Amid Climate Chaos
by Leah Rampy
Facing directly into the devastation of climate chaos and biodiversity loss, Rampy leads her readers on a soul journey into grief and loss to also claim the beauty, joy and possibilities available when we reconnect with Earth. As we follow the author’s compelling personal experiences and engagingly lyrical stories of whales, cedars, sparrows, and more, we see the necessity and urgency of learning from the wisdom of our kin in the natural world.
John is co-author, with Midge Raymond, of the eco-mystery Devils Island, forthcoming in 2024. He is also author of the novels The Tourist Trail and Where Oceans Hide Their Dead. Co-founder of Ashland Creek Press and editor of Writing for Animals (also now a writing program).