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The best environmental books we’ve read in 2019

December 20, 2020December 14, 2019 by John Yunker

Looking back on the year, I’m happy to see that a novel that made our best books list in 2018 won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize: The Overstory by Richard Powers (and deservedly so). Looking ahead, I believe more and more readers are going to be seeking out the stories and insights that can only be …

Book Review: Gardenland: Nature, Fantasy, and Everyday Practice

October 13, 2019 by John Yunker

When you hear the word “garden” do you picture something like this: Or do you picture something more like this: The fact that these are both “gardens” illustrates just how loaded the word has become over the years. And the fact a garden can be so many things made me curious as to how we …