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Book Reviews

Thinking About Animals in the Age of the Anthropocene

October 10, 2016 by John Yunker

The anthropocene is the proposed geologic term for the period in which humans have made a significant impact on the earth’s geology and ecosystems. It’s not a term without controversy however, …

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Categories Animal Rights, Anthropocene, Book Reviews, Climate Change, Conservation, Endangered Species, Nonfiction, Wolves

New EcoLit Books: Fall 2016

October 8, 2016 by John Yunker

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 …

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Categories Book Publishers, Climate Change, Conservation, Endangered Species, Fiction, Nonfiction, Trees

Barkskins by Annie Proulx: An epic (and ongoing) story of extraction

September 29, 2019October 1, 2016 by John Yunker

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 …

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Categories Book Reviews, Climate Change, Conservation, Fiction, Simon & Schuster, Trees

Book Review: Trace by Lauret Savoy

February 15, 2017September 22, 2016 by John Yunker

Reviewed by James Ballowe, Engagement Advisor for the Center for Humans and Nature and Distinguished Professor English Emeritus from Bradley University. Lauret Savoy’s Trace: Memory, History, Race, and the American Landscape is …

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Categories Book Reviews, Nonfiction

A Q&A with author Jennifer Longo

August 28, 2016 by Midge Raymond

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 …

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Categories Book Reviews, Children's Books, Fiction, Q&A

Book Review: Up to this Pointe by Jennifer Longo

September 29, 2019August 28, 2016 by Midge Raymond

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 …

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Categories Book Reviews, Children's Books, Climate Change, Conservation, Fiction, Oceans, Random House

New EcoLit Books: Summer 2016

October 2, 2016August 27, 2016 by John Yunker

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): …

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Categories Book Publishers, Climate Change, Conservation, Endangered Species, Fiction, Insects, Nonfiction, Oceans, Poetry, Pollution

Living with Thunder: Exploring the Geologic Past, Present, and Future of Pacific Northwest Landscapes

September 29, 2019August 22, 2016 by John Yunker

In Living with Thunder: Exploring the Geologic Past, Present, and Future of Pacific Northwest Landscapes, author Ellen Morris Bishop takes reader on a slow-moving journey across time and place. And by …

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Categories Book Reviews, Climate Change, Nonfiction, Oceans, Oregon State University Press

Book Review: Lab Girl

September 29, 2019June 24, 2016 by Jacki Skole

I approached Hope Jahren’s memoir, Lab Girl, with a bit of trepidation. You see, Jahren is an award-winning geobiologist who studies plants, making her area of expertise one in which …

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Categories Book Reviews, Conservation, Nonfiction, Trees, Vintage

My Last Continent: A Novel by Midge Raymond

June 21, 2016 by John Yunker

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 …

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Categories Birds, Book Reviews, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Fiction, Oceans, Veganism

Engineering Eden: The True Story of a Violent Death, a Trial, and the Fight over Controlling Nature

September 29, 2019June 14, 2016 by John Yunker

The National Park Service is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. And while a century may seem like a long time, it’s safe to say, after reading Engineering Eden, that …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Book Reviews, Crown, Endangered Species, Nonfiction, Wolves
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