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environmental writing

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

Lost Animals: Voices of Extinction

November 19, 2025 by John Yunker

What would the last living passenger pigeon (seen in silhouette above) have to say if he or she were alive today? Or the Tasmanian tiger? Or the Carolina parakeet? In …

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Categories Animal History, Animal POV, Animals, Anthropocene, Birds, Book Reviews, Climate Change, Conservation, Endangered Species, Extinction, History, Nonfiction, Reaktion Books, Sustainability, Wolves

EcoLit Books featured on Viva la Book Review

October 15, 2025 by John Yunker

We are pleased to have an essay featured on Viva la Book Review, an organization founded to “foster thoughtful, well-crafted book criticism that supports a crucial open dialogue among reviewers, …

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Categories Book Publishers, Book Reviews, Ecomedia, Essays, For Writers

New and forthcoming environmental books (October 2025) 

October 12, 2025 by John Yunker

Here are some of the newest books to pass our way over the past few weeks. Enjoy! Omniocracy By Charlotte Laws Omniocracy (AHM-nee-ocracy) argues for a science-based animal rights philosophy …

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Categories New & Forthcoming Books, New books, What we're reading

Black Gold: Clearing the smoke on American coal

September 29, 2025 by John Yunker

If I were to mention the words “black gold” you might picture oil (Thank you, Beverly Hillbillies). But the original black gold was coal and it is the title of …

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Categories Activism, Book Reviews, Climate Change, History, Mining, Nonfiction, Oil, Pollution, What we're reading
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