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Book Review: The Driftless Reader, co-edited by Curt Meine and Keefe Keeley

September 29, 2019September 25, 2017 by John Yunker

Reviewed by James Ballowe, Engagement Advisor for the Center for Humans and Nature and Distinguished Professor English Emeritus from Bradley University. Readers of Curt Meine and Keefe Keeley’s anthology The Driftless Reader (University …

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Categories Book Reviews, Climate Change, Conservation, Essays, Nonfiction, University of Wisconsin Press

Upcoming deadlines for environmental writing (nonfiction/fiction/poetry)

September 20, 2017 by John Yunker

Calling all ecolit writers… A number of journals are closing their submissions windows over the next month: Ecotone: October 1st Alluvian: October 11th The Fourth River (Tributaries Special Issue): October …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Animal Rights, Book Reviews, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Fiction, For Writers, Nonfiction, Poetry, Writing Opportunities

Book Review: Fragment

August 17, 2017 by Jacki Skole

You may have read that in mid-July a massive iceberg broke off from Antarctica’s Larsen C ice shelf. Measuring about 2,000 square miles—nearly the size of Delaware—it is one of …

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Categories Book Reviews, Climate Change

Book Review: South Pole Station

June 7, 2017June 7, 2017 by Jacki Skole

Ashley Shelby’s debut novel, South Pole Station, takes readers to the bottom of the earth for a wry, multi-layered story that tightly packs art, science, polar history, climate change, politics, …

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Categories Book Reviews, Climate Change, Fiction

Looking for a new ecolit book to read? Here are 20 from which to choose…

June 1, 2017 by John Yunker

I’m happy to be participating on a unique promotion, organized by Margi Prideaux, that showcases 20 environmentally themed eBooks on Instafreebie. And, yes, these book are free to download. All …

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Categories Animal Rights, Birds, Book Publishers, Children's Books, Climate Change, Conservation, Events, Fiction, Nonfiction, Pollution, Veganism

Book Review: Galapagos at the Crossroads by Carol Ann Bassett

September 29, 2019May 26, 2017 by Midge Raymond

Galápagos at the Crossroads: Pirates, Biologists, Tourists, and Creationists Battle for Darwin’s Cradle of Evolution by Carol Ann Bassett should be on the reading list for anyone traveling to the archipelago, …

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Categories Birds, Book Reviews, Climate Change, Conservation, Education, Endangered Species, Essays, National Geographic, Nonfiction, Oceans

Book Review: Force of Nature by Arthur Melville Pearson

September 29, 2019May 5, 2017 by John Yunker

Reviewed by James Ballowe, Engagement Advisor for the Center for Humans and Nature and Distinguished Professor English Emeritus from Bradley University. The bastions of environmental protection that have been erected over the years …

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Categories Book Reviews, Conservation, Nonfiction, University of Wisconsin Press

ASLE announces 2017 book award finalists

April 2, 2017 by John Yunker

The Association for the Study of Literature and Environment has announced the finalists for their bi-annual book awards. The ASLE book awards “in the areas of ecocriticism and environmental creative …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Animal Rights, Anthropocene, Birds, Book Publishers, Book Reviews, Climate Change, Conservation, Endangered Species, Essays, Fiction, Nonfiction, Oceans, Pollution, Trees, Veganism

Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness

September 29, 2019March 2, 2017 by John Yunker

Peter Godfrey-Smith has a passion for cephalopods, the class of sea animals that includes the octopus, cuttlefish, and nautilus, among others. Animals that among the oldest creatures on this planet. Measured in numbers of …

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Categories Book Reviews, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, Nonfiction, Oceans

Announcing the winner & finalists of the 2016 Siskiyou Prize!

February 23, 2017 by Midge Raymond

We are delighted to announce the winner of the 2016 Siskiyou Prize for New Environmental Literature: Katy Yocom, for her novel THREE WAYS TO DISAPPEAR. Judge JoeAnn Hart writes, “THREE WAYS TO DISAPPEAR begins …

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Categories Conservation, Fiction, For Writers, Writing Opportunities

Wolf Haven: Sanctuary and the Future of Wolves in North America

September 29, 2019February 21, 2017 by John Yunker

After finishing Wolf Haven I went straight to the Internet and looked up Wolf Haven International. I had been aware of the California Wolf Center, located outside San Diego, but was not aware …

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Categories Animal Rights, Book Reviews, Endangered Species, Nonfiction, Sasquatch Press
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