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Oceans

Ice Bear: The Cultural History of an Arctic Icon

January 11, 2017January 11, 2017 by John Yunker

In Ice Bear: The Cultural History of an Arctic Icon author Michael Engelhard has crafted a richly illustrated, authoritative and eye-opening testament to our evolving and often tragic relationship with the polar …

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Categories Book Reviews, Climate Change, Conservation, Endangered Species, Nonfiction, Oceans

Introducing the Center for Humans and Nature

November 1, 2016 by John Yunker

I’m pleased to welcome a new contributor to EcoLit Books: The Center for Humans and Nature. This is an amazing organization and I thought a Q&A would be a great way for …

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Categories Climate Change, Endangered Species, Journals and Magazines, Oceans, 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

Call for Submissions: Zoomorphic

August 20, 2016 by Midge Raymond

The magazine Zoomorphic seeks submissions for its upcoming anthology of oceanic life. We are currently inviting submissions of poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, conservation journalism and art for our first printed …

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

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

Holy Mōlī: Albatross and Other Ancestors

September 29, 2019May 8, 2016 by John Yunker

The Laysan albatross is known as Mōlī in Hawaiian. It is difficult not to speak in superlatives when describing the albatross. The bird has a wingspan longer than most humans are …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Birds, Book Reviews, Conservation, Endangered Species, Nonfiction, Oceans, Oregon State University Press

Book Review: The Penguin Lessons by Tom Michell

September 29, 2019January 20, 2016 by Midge Raymond

The Penguin Lessons is the story of a young Englishman who, on vacation in Uruguay from his teaching job at a boarding school in Argentina, rescues an oil-covered Magellanic penguin. …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Animal Rights, Ballantine Books, Book Reviews, Climate Change, Conservation, Nonfiction, Oceans, Oil, Pollution

The Narrow Edge

May 8, 2016November 3, 2015 by JoeAnn Hart

    The Narrow Edge By Deborah Cramer Yale University Press, 2015.   The “narrow edge” in the title of this engaging book by Deborah Cramer evokes the image of …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Birds, Book Reviews, Climate Change, Conservation, Endangered Species, Nonfiction, Oceans, Pollution

Beyond Words: The more we study animals, the smarter they get

September 29, 2019July 29, 2015 by John Yunker

In Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel, Carl Safina sets out on a global journey to listen to and understand animals on their terms and not ours. By the end …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Animal Rights, Book Reviews, Conservation, Endangered Species, Henry Holt and Company, Nonfiction, Oceans
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