Book Review: Kernels of Resistance by Liza Grandia
Nearly 30 years ago, the first genetically modified (GM) seed produced a tomato known as the Flavr Savr. The tomato was engineered for longer shelf life which was where it …
Book Review: Pony Confidential by Christina Lynch
Christina Lynch’s Pony Confidential is a light, highly readable mystery co-narrated by murder suspect Penny and her childhood pet, Pony, who comes to her rescue despite his lingering resentment that Penny sold …
Writing Opportunity: The Sun (Wild Animals)
The Readers Write section in The Sun is one of the most-read sections of this popular magazine. I’m happy to pass along an opportunity that I suspect will resonate with …
New and forthcoming environmental books (February 2025)
So many amazing books. So little time to review them all… Solar Adobe: Energy, Ecology, and Earthen Architecture By Albert Narath How a centuries-old architectural tradition reemerged as a potential …
EcoLit Books Success Story: Talitha May
An EcoLit Books success story doesn’t have to be limited to the written word. Reckoning features artwork by Talitha May who discovered the journal through our list of Literary Outlets …
Book Review: Why Animals Talk by Arik Kershenbaum
In his book Why Animals Talk: The New Science of Animal Communication, Arik Kershenbaum notes that animal communication is a young science, and this addition to it, focusing on seven animals, …
The latest environmental writing opportunities
Today I updated our two lists devoted to environmental publishers and journals. To our list of literary outlets for environmental writing I added a new academic journal: Plant Perspectives. They …
Call for Submissions: Companion Species
Edge Effects is a digital magazine produced by graduate students at the Center for Culture, History, and Environment (CHE). They are currently seeking submissions around the theme of Companion Species. Submissions are …
Book Review: The Skunks by Fiona Warnick
In Fiona Warnick’s novel The Skunks, recent college graduate Isabel moves back to her hometown to housesit, babysit, work at a yoga studio, and try to avoid thinking about boys. She …
Animals in World History: The long-overlooked protagonists of our planet
If history is written by the victors, then this book is a much-needed step forward in our awareness and understanding of the non-human animals who have suffered at the hands …
The Language of Trees, A Rewilding of Literature and Landscape by Katie Holten
Tin House, 2023 Hermann Hesse once wrote that the key to existential joy was in learning how to listen to the trees. There is also great pleasure to be had …