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John Yunker

John is co-author, with Midge Raymond, of the mystery Devils Island. 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). More at JohnYunker.com.

Take a free online class at the University of Iowa: The Story of Place

November 9, 2018 by John Yunker

You can’t find a better deal than this — a free online class from the International Writing Program (the IWP) at the University of Iowa: Stories of Place: Writing and the Natural …

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Categories Events, For Writers, Writing Opportunities

Book Review: The Way of Coyote: Shared Journeys in the Urban Wilds by Gavin Van Horn

September 29, 2019October 31, 2018 by John Yunker

Reviewed by James Ballowe, Distinguished Professor English Emeritus from Bradley University In his “Prologue” to The Way of Coyote, Gavin Van Horn, Director of Cultures of Conservation at the Center for …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Animal Rights, Book Reviews, Conservation, Essays, Nonfiction, University of Chicago Press

The Great (Unknown) Pet Massacre

September 29, 2019October 21, 2018 by John Yunker

The title of this book almost begs incredulity. The Great Cat & Dog Massacre? When I first saw the book cover I struggled to imagine what the book was about …

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Categories Animal Rights, Birds, Book Reviews, History, Nonfiction, Pets, University of Chicago Press

Where Song Began

September 29, 2019October 7, 2018 by John Yunker

What I most missed after a trip to Australia last year wasn’t the beaches or the local accents. It was the sounds of the birds. The plaintive cries of the …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Birds, Book Reviews, Endangered Species, Nonfiction, Yale University Press

Writing Opportunities: Center for Humans and Nature

September 5, 2018 by John Yunker

The Center for Humans and Nature contributes reviews to EcoLit Books. But did you know they also publish a blog, a journal (Minding Nature) and an ongoing series: Questions for a …

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Categories Essays, For Writers, Journals and Magazines, Writing Opportunities

Six new additions to our list of environmental magazines and journals

August 31, 2018August 17, 2018 by John Yunker

We now have a list of 46 journals and magazines dedicated to environmental essays, stories and poetry. Here are five of the newest additions: EcoHustler  http://www.ecohustler.co.uk Emergence Magazine   https://emergencemagazine.org Wild Hope  …

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Categories For Writers, Journals and Magazines, Writing Opportunities

Eager: The fall and rise of the North American beaver

September 29, 2019July 30, 2018 by John Yunker

Pity the keystone species. Those animals upon which the health of so many ecosystems depend — wolves and jaguars, sharks and sea otters, to name just a few. Due in large part to …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Animal Rights, Book Reviews, Chelsea Green Publishing, Conservation, Nonfiction, Oceans, Pollution, Trees

Return of the Sea Otter: The story of a resilient species and its many human friends

September 29, 2019June 29, 2018 by John Yunker

The sea otter should have been extinct by now. We, as in human civilization, did our very best to eliminate the species — not because we saw it as a …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Book Reviews, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Nonfiction, Oceans, Sasquatch Press

BirdNote: Chirp-sized bird stories from the popular radio show

September 29, 2019May 29, 2018 by John Yunker

Here in Ashland, Oregon, I listen to our local radio station KSKQ. And for the past several years I’ve enjoyed the weekly, two-minute BirdNote programs. So I was excited to find …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Birds, Book Reviews, Conservation, Endangered Species, Nonfiction, Sasquatch Press

The Overstory: An arboreal love story (and lament)

October 14, 2020May 16, 2018 by John Yunker

When we started EcoLit Books five years ago, this was the type of book I had in mind. A novel that places nature in its proper place in relation to …

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Categories Anthropocene, Book Reviews, Climate Change, Conservation, Endangered Species, Fiction, Trees, W. W. Norton & Company

Book Review: Fracture: Essays, Poems, and Stories on Fracking in America, co-edited by Stefanie Brook Trout and Taylor Brorby

September 29, 2019February 22, 2018 by John Yunker

Reviewed by Lucia Hadella in partnership with Oregon State University’s Spring Creek Project and Environmental Arts and Humanities program. How does one go about telling the story of hydraulic fracturing in …

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Categories Book Reviews, Climate Change, Ice Cube Press, Oil, Pollution
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