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Book Review: Jane and Dan at the End of the World by Colleen Oakley

July 8, 2025 by Midge Raymond

This fun, witty novel opens on author Jane Brooks being questioned by police, not only as a witness to a crime but also because her novel was found in the …

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Categories Activism, Berkley, Book Reviews, Fiction

Book Review Flashback: The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

June 17, 2025 by John Yunker

Midge Raymond reviewed this iconic book back in 2012, with a unique take: I recently revisited Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle—the original edition published by a socialist newspaper in 1905, not the …

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Categories Fiction, Flashback

Book Review: Pony Confidential by Christina Lynch

February 24, 2025 by Midge Raymond

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 …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Animals, Berkley, Book Reviews, Fiction, Penguin Random House, Pets

The ten most popular book reviews of 2023

January 1, 2024January 1, 2024 by John Yunker

As we enter 2024, here is a brief recap of the most-viewed book reviews in 2023:

Categories Book Reviews, Fiction, Nonfiction, What we're reading

The Goose: Issue 20.1 is now available

November 22, 2023 by John Yunker

The Canadian environmental arts journal The Goose just published their latest edition under the theme “Moving on Land.” And it includes an article by EcoLit contributor Nicole Emanuel! This issue …

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Categories Anthropocene, Climate Change, Conservation, For Writers, Journals and Magazines, Oceans, Sustainability, What we're reading

Nature’s Best Hope

June 4, 2025December 9, 2021 by JoeAnn Hart

A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Yard By Douglas W. Tallamy Timber Press, 2019 As a gardener and garden writer, I thought I knew all about native …

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Categories Book Reviews, Nonfiction

Book Review: Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward

August 11, 2021 by Melissa Dennihy

Set on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi in the span of the twelve days before, during, and after Hurricane Katrina makes landfall, Salvage the Bones is the story of 14-year-old …

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Categories Animal Rights, Bloomsbury, Book Reviews, Climate Change, Ecology, Fiction, Pets

Book Review: The Disaster Tourist by Yun Ko-Eun

October 14, 2020August 24, 2020 by Mindy Mejia

Eco-tourism has become increasingly popular in recent years, travel intended to help conserve and contribute to remote communities and delicate ecosystems, but…disaster tourism? We’re all familiar with rubbernecking drivers, and …

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Categories Climate Change, Counterpoint Press, Fiction

Book Review: The Great Derangement

May 2, 2020May 1, 2020 by Lauren Frick

With the future state of the planet in question, Amitav Ghosh explores the roles of literature and history in terms of their place in the climate crisis in his book …

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Categories Anthropocene, Book Reviews, Climate Change, Nonfiction, University of Chicago Press, What we're reading

Book Review: Deb Olin Unferth’s BARN 8

April 19, 2020April 15, 2020 by Midge Raymond

It’s rare to find a novel whose plot centers around animal rescue, and rarer still to encounter one that is deftly written and gets it (mostly) right—which is among the …

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Categories Animal Rights, Book Reviews, Fiction, Graywolf, Veganism

Book Review: Animal Wise: The Thoughts and Emotions of Our Fellow Creatures

August 13, 2013August 13, 2013 by Midge Raymond

It’s been wonderful to see new books about animal minds and emotions, from Barbara King’s How Animals Grieve to Virginia Morell’s Animal Wise: The Thoughts and Emotions of Our Fellow …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Book Reviews, Nonfiction

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