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Book Review: The Meaning of Birds by Simon Barnes

April 18, 2021 by Melissa Dennihy

In The Meaning of Birds, Simon Barnes traces the history of birds—as well as humans’ relationships and interactions with them—over several millennia and across multiple continents. Barnes is a UK-based …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Birds, Book Reviews, Conservation, Ecology, Endangered Species, Nonfiction, Pegasus Books

Book Review: When Harry Met Minnie

April 16, 2021 by Jacki Skole

A chance encounter. Fate. Serendipity. Call it what you will, it’s that moment that propels one’s life in a wildly unexpected direction. And the person is all the better for …

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Categories Book Reviews, Nonfiction, Pets

Book Review: The Shark Club

April 9, 2021 by Midge Raymond

Ann Kidd Taylor’s novel, The Shark Club, is not only a delightful read as we head into spring and summer “beach reading” time, but it is a much-needed antidote to Peter …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Animal Rights, Book Reviews, Conservation, Ecology, Endangered Species, Fiction, Penguin Books

Picture Book Review: A Garden to Save the Birds by Wendy McClure; illustrated by Beatriz Mayumi

March 30, 2021 by Lillie Gardner

Beautifully illustrated, the heartwarming story of A Garden to Save the Birds begins with the “BAP!” of a bird flying into a window. Young Callum and his sister Emmy run outside to …

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Categories Birds, Book Reviews, Children's Books

Book Review: Irreplaceable by Julian Hoffman

March 29, 2021 by Midge Raymond

In Irreplaceable: The Fight to Save Our Wild Places, Julian Hoffman shows us endangered habitats and the creatures who inhabit them—as well as the humans who are fighting to save …

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Categories Anthropocene, Birds, Climate Change, Conservation, Ecology, Endangered Species, Essays, History, Nonfiction, Oceans, Plants, Sustainability, Trees, University of Georgia Press

Book Review: 72 Reasons To Be Vegan

October 4, 2021March 18, 2021 by Olivia Radbill

Intended for audiences considering adopting a vegan diet, 72 Reasons To Be Vegan provides succinct and (mostly) evidence-based advantages of veganism. 72 Reasons To Be Vegan is organized in list …

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Categories Animal Rights, Conservation, Sustainability, Veganism

2/3 for the birds

March 14, 2021 by John Yunker

We’re losing birds, by the billions. Which is why I wanted to mention a movement in which you devote 2/3 of your land to native species of plants. If we …

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Categories Birds, Conservation, Ecology, Education, Endangered Species, Gardening, Insects, Plants, Sustainability, Trees

Eastern Oregon University offers new MFA concentration focused on Wilderness, Ecology, and Community

March 12, 2021 by John Yunker

A year ago we began compiling a list of writing programs with a focus on the environment and animals. The latest addition to the list is EOU’s new low-residency MFA …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Animal Rights, Climate Change, Conservation, Ecology, Endangered Species, For Writers, History, Sustainability, Writing Opportunities

When a vegetarian crashes a hunting party: The Shooting Party by Isabel Colegate

March 22, 2021March 11, 2021 by John Yunker

I’m not sure how I heard about this novel, only that I had heard that there was an animal rights element to it. Yet in the early pages I struggled …

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Categories Book Reviews, Fiction, History, Hunting

Writing opportunity: PANK Magazine special issue on environmental futures

February 14, 2021 by John Yunker

PANK Magazine is now accepting works (poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, hybrid) for a special issue: Environmental Futures Folio, guest edited by Aram Mrjoian. Here’s the call: The health and sustainability …

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Categories Anthropocene, Climate Change, Conservation, Ecology, Endangered Species, For Writers, Oceans, Sustainability, Writing Opportunities

Book Review: Earth’s Wild Music: Celebrating and Defending the Songs of the Natural World

February 11, 2021 by Jacki Skole

The natural world is in crisis. Rising sea levels. Burning forests. Species extinction. Climate change is leaving no one and no thing unaffected. At this precarious moment, what becomes the …

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Categories Book Reviews, Climate Change, Conservation, Counterpoint Press, Endangered Species, Essays, Nonfiction
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