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Midge Raymond

Midge Raymond is a co-founder of Ashland Creek Press. She is the author of the novels Floreana and My Last Continent, the award-winning short story collection Forgetting English, and, with John Yunker, the suspense novel Devils Island.

Book Review: Comfortably Unaware: What We Choose to Eat Is Killing Us and Our Planet by Richard Oppenlander

February 11, 2014 by Midge Raymond

Richard Oppenlander’s Comfortably Unaware is a book everyone on the planet should read. Unfortunately, the book’s biggest drawback is that it may not feel accessible to those who need to …

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Categories Book Reviews, Climate Change, Nonfiction, Oceans, Pollution, Veganism

Book Review: Strange As This Weather Has Been by Ann Pancake

September 29, 2019January 28, 2014 by Midge Raymond

Ann Pancake’s powerful novel Strange as This Weather Has Been is a must-read not only due to its compelling story but also its accomplishments as a work of eco-literature. This …

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Categories Book Publishers, Fiction, Pollution, Shoemaker & Hoard

Book Review: Taking Back Eden: Eight Environmental Cases that Changed the World by Oliver Houck

January 14, 2014 by Midge Raymond

Oliver A. Houck’s Taking Back Eden is one of those books that can offer great hope during tough environmental times. Published by Island Press in 2011, this book’s relevance is only going …

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Categories Book Reviews, Climate Change, Nonfiction, Oceans

Happy New Year from EcoLit Books

January 1, 2014 by Midge Raymond

Happy new year, readers and writers! We are looking forward to a new year of eco-literature and already have a great lineup of new reviews coming soon. For all of …

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Categories Animal Rights, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Events, Fiction, Oceans

Book Review: Countdown by Alan Weisman

October 22, 2013 by Midge Raymond

Alan Weisman’s Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth? follows his fascinating book The World Without Us, this time asking the question: What will become of the …

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Categories Book Reviews, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Nonfiction, Oceans, Pollution, Veganism

Book Review: The World Without Us by Alan Weisman

September 27, 2013 by Midge Raymond

The World Without Us by Alan Weisman is a meticulously researched and fascinating look at what would happen to our planet if humans were suddenly to disappear. It is at …

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Categories Book Reviews, Nonfiction

Bellevue Literary Review seeks environmentally themed submissions

September 20, 2013 by Midge Raymond

Published by the Department of Medicine at NYU Langone Medical Center, Bellevue Literary Review is best known for being a journal that focuses on illness, health, and healing, with wonderfully broad …

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Categories For Writers, Journals and Magazines, Writing Opportunities

Book Review: Animal Wise: The Thoughts and Emotions of Our Fellow Creatures

August 13, 2013August 13, 2013 by Midge Raymond

It’s been wonderful to see new books about animal minds and emotions, from Barbara King’s How Animals Grieve to Virginia Morell’s Animal Wise: The Thoughts and Emotions of Our Fellow …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Book Reviews, Nonfiction

A Q&A with Virginia Morell, author of Animal Wise

February 22, 2016August 13, 2013 by Midge Raymond

A Q&A with Virginia Morell, author of Animal Wise: The Thoughts and Emotions of Our Fellow Creatures   Q: One of my favorite stories from this book is about the …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Q&A

Announcing the Bear Deluxe Magazine Doug Fir Fiction Award

July 25, 2013 by Midge Raymond

Calling all fiction writers: Save the date (September 3 deadline) for submissions to the Bear Deluxe Magazine Doug Fir Fiction Award, co-sponsored by the Sitka Center for Art & Ecology, …

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Categories For Writers, Journals and Magazines, Writing Opportunities

Book Review: Beg: A Radical New Way of Regarding Animals by Rory Freedman

June 4, 2013June 4, 2013 by Midge Raymond

Rory Freedman’s new book, Beg: A Radical New Way of Regarding Animals, is a must-read for anyone who believes himself or herself to be an animal lover. The main idea …

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Categories Animal Rights, Book Reviews, Climate Change, Nonfiction, Veganism
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