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Book Review Flashback: Strange As This Weather Has Been by Ann Pancake

July 22, 2025 by John Yunker

In 2014, Midge Raymond reviewed a novel that paved the way for contemporary eco-literature, a powerful indictment of the horrors of mountaintop removal mining. Ann Pancake’s powerful novel Strange as This Weather …

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Categories Book Reviews, Fiction

Announcing the Siskiyou Prize winner and finalists

December 16, 2015 by Midge Raymond

Ashland Creek Press is delighted to announce Jennifer Boyden has won the 2015 Siskiyou Prize for her novel THE CHIEF OF RALLY TREE. Of THE CHIEF OF RALLY TREE, judge Ann Pancake writes: …

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Categories For Writers, Writing Opportunities

Book Review: Me and My Daddy Listen to Bob Marley by Ann Pancake

September 29, 2019August 5, 2015 by Midge Raymond

Ann Pancake’s new story collection, Me and My Daddy Listen to Bob Marley, brings readers to the West Virginia territory of her extraordinary novel, Strange As This Weather Has Been. …

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Categories Book Reviews, Climate Change, Conservation, Counterpoint Press, Fiction

The Greening of Literature

November 17, 2014March 8, 2014 by John Yunker

A week ago I traveled to Seattle to participate at the AWP Conference and Bookfair — the world’s largest gathering of writers and writing programs. Ashland Creek Press hosted a …

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Categories Book Publishers, Education, Essays, Events, Fiction, For Writers, Journals and Magazines, Poetry

Book Review: Strange As This Weather Has Been by Ann Pancake

September 29, 2019January 28, 2014 by Midge Raymond

Ann Pancake’s powerful novel Strange as This Weather Has Been is a must-read not only due to its compelling story but also its accomplishments as a work of eco-literature. This …

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Categories Book Publishers, Fiction, Pollution, Shoemaker & Hoard

Happy New Year from EcoLit Books

January 1, 2014 by Midge Raymond

Happy new year, readers and writers! We are looking forward to a new year of eco-literature and already have a great lineup of new reviews coming soon. For all of …

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Categories Animal Rights, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Events, Fiction, Oceans

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