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environmental writing

Synthetic Frontiers: The trash island that wasn’t

March 29, 2026 by John Yunker

In the introduction to Synthetic Frontiers: Ocean Plastic and the Persistence of Trash Islands author Kim De Wolff writes: Sail through the North Pacific Ocean and surely you cannot miss …

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Categories Book Reviews, Conservation, Ecomedia, Nonfiction, Oceans, Oil, PNW, Pollution, The MIT Press, What we're reading

ASLE Spotlight: Multispecies Connections

March 24, 2026 by John Yunker

Enjoy this conversation about multispecies connections, literature, reading, and writing with ASLE and Boria Sax, Lesley Wheeler, Lay Sion Ng, Nate Otjen, Mildred Kiconco Barya, Amy McIntyre, Midge Raymond and yours truly …

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Categories Activism, Animal POV, Animals, Anthropocene, Education, Events, Q&A

Extinction on Display: Ghosts Behind Glass

March 22, 2026 by John Yunker

The extinction genre continues to expand and evolve as writers provide new and unique perspectives on the loss of animal species and how we come to terms with such losses. …

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Categories Animal History, Animal Rights, Anthropocene, Book Reviews, Endangered Species, Extinction, History, Nonfiction, Oceans, Zoos

New and forthcoming environmental books (March 2026) 

March 6, 2026 by John Yunker

We have quite a few new books to share with you — a mix of poetry, fiction and nonfiction. Enjoy! Wild, Unfelt World By Hillary Gonzalez When was the last …

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Categories Fiction, New & Forthcoming Books, Nonfiction, Poetry, What we're reading

Writing opportunity: Catalogue Zine

January 26, 2026 by John Yunker

Environmental literary journal Catalogue Zine has just opened the window for its 4th issue, looking for submissions about “daily life and individual action.” Catalogue zine is an environmentalist literary and …

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Categories For Writers, Journals and Magazines, Writing Opportunities

Book review: The Shark House by Sara Ackerman

January 14, 2026January 13, 2026 by Midge Raymond

Sara Ackerman’s novel The Shark House is a richly layered, atmospheric love letter to sharks — as well as the oceans and other animals — that unravels mysteries both immediate and deeply …

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Categories Fiction, Harper Muse

Book Review: The Darkest Pastoral: Selected Poems

January 4, 2026 by John Yunker

In the poetry collection Darkest Pastoral by John Kinsella, we are treated to poems about place, people, animals and even chilies. Naturally, I was drawn to the poems about animals. …

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Categories Book Reviews, Poetry

The best environmental books we’ve read in 2025

December 12, 2025 by John Yunker

We published 28 book reviews this year and promoted many more. Out of all the books we’ve read, here are some of our favorites. We hope you enjoy them — and we thank …

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Categories Best Books of the Year, Book Reviews, Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry

New and forthcoming environmental books (December 2025) 

December 8, 2025 by John Yunker

As we approach the end of the year I’m pleased to share another impressive selection of newly published (or soon-to-be-published) environmental books. Enjoy! Cowbells on the Kill Floor: Veganism, Legacy …

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Categories Fiction, New & Forthcoming Books, Nonfiction, What we're reading

New environmental journal: Germinate

December 1, 2025 by John Yunker

There’s a new journal for environmental writers to be aware of: Germinate. Published 4 times a year, the journal is “an open-access, digital publication of the American Society for Environmental …

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Categories For Writers, Journals and Magazines, Writing Opportunities

Shining a light on birding’s blind spot

November 22, 2025 by John Yunker

I was pleased to contribute an essay to The Revelator recently. It begins… Birding is having a moment.  According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, there are more than 90 …

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Categories Animals, Birds, Essays
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