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Patterns in Nature: Why the Natural World Looks the Way It Does

September 29, 2019October 25, 2016 by John Yunker

Patterns in Nature by Philip Ball is a gorgeous book, dense with full-color photos, including: The book is divided into thematic chapters, such as Symmetry, Spirals, Waves and Dunes, Bubbles and Foam. …

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Categories Book Reviews, Nonfiction, University of Chicago Press

Call for Submissions: Writing for Animals Nonfiction Anthology

October 20, 2016 by John Yunker

Ashland Creek Press is currently accepting nonfiction submissions for a new anthology, Writing for Animals: An anthology for writers and instructors to educate and inspire. From Franz Kafka’s Report to …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Animal Rights, Book Reviews, Conservation, Fiction, Nonfiction, Veganism, Writing Opportunities

Book Review: Being a Dog: Following the Dog into a World of Smell

June 7, 2017October 17, 2016 by Jacki Skole

No matter how quietly I screw off the cap on a jar of peanut butter, within seconds of its opening, I will feel my dog’s dark brown eyes drilling into …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Book Reviews, Nonfiction

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
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