New EcoLit Books: Fall 2016
Here are some of the books that were submitted to us over the past few months that are recently published (or soon will be): The After Author: Melinda Mueller Publisher: Entre …
Fiction
Barkskins by Annie Proulx: An epic (and ongoing) story of extraction
Barkskins: A Novel Barkskins tells the intertwined and intergenerational stories of the natives and immigrants of the North American territory once known as New France. Because this novel takes place over more …
A Q&A with author Jennifer Longo
Jennifer Longo is the author of the novel Up to this Pointe (learn more about the book here). Thanks to Jennifer for chatting with me about her wonderful book! Q: Your …
Book Review: Up to this Pointe by Jennifer Longo
Jennifer Longo’s Up to This Pointe is a delightful, wholly original novel that brings YA readers to territory not often visited in this genre: Antarctica. Seventeen-year-old Harper Scott is a …
New EcoLit Books: Summer 2016
So little time; so many books! Here are some of the books that were submitted to us over the past few months that are now available (or soon will be): …
My Last Continent: A Novel by Midge Raymond
I’m happy to announce the publication of contributor Midge Raymond’s debut novel My Last Continent (Scribner). This novel wears the “eco-fiction” label quite well. The novel focuses on penguin researchers in Antarctica …
New EcoLit Books: Spring/Summer 2016
So many books, so little time! Because we can’t review every book that catches our eye I thought we should at least try to mention new and upcoming books periodically. So …
Book Review: Whippoorwill
When sixteen-year-old Clair Taylor’s neighbors get a dog and leave him staked in the yard in freezing weather, she tries to ignore the whimpers and cries—the clear neglect—that is going …
Introducing The Hopper
I’m pleased to introduce the new environmental literary journal The Hopper, along with a Q&A with the founders. Tell us a bit about The Hopper and how it came to be. …
Book Review: Rescued
Rescued, Eliot Schrefer’s third entry in his anticipated quartet of ape novels published by Scholastic, represents a departure in many ways from the first two books in the series. Endangered and …
Book Review: Only the Animals
A Russian tortoise launched into space during the Cold War. A Lebanese parrot abandoned on the doorknob of a pet store during Israel’s 2006 bombing of Beirut. A US Navy-trained …