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New and forthcoming environmental books (September 2024)

September 1, 2024 by John Yunker

Here are a number of recently published or about-to-be-published books that have come across our desks. Love Story with Birds By Derek Furr “Let us be at a loss for …

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Categories Anthropocene, Climate Change, Conservation, Ecology, Ecomedia, Endangered Species, Oceans, Sustainability, What we're reading

Writing Opportunity: Unearthed Literary Journal

February 7, 2024 by John Yunker

Another opportunity to pass along! We invite writers, poets, artists, and creatives to submit to our upcoming Spring 2024 issue, exploring the themes of resurgence, restoration, and renewal. We encourage …

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Categories Anthropocene, Climate Change, Conservation, Ecology, For Writers, Journals and Magazines, Rewilding, Sustainability, Writing Opportunities

Writing Opportunity: Climate Stories in Action

February 5, 2024 by John Yunker

A great new opportunity for writers passionate about changing the world for the better — and I’d say that includes all readers of EcoLit Books… A partnership between Terrain.org and the Spring …

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Categories Anthropocene, Climate Change, Conservation, Ecology, For Writers, Writing Opportunities

Miriam’s Lantern: A short story by Ray Keifetz

December 9, 2023 by John Yunker

Ray Keifetz is author of two poetry collections, the second published this month: Museum Beasts. Of the collection Richard Peabody, editor of Gargoyle Magazine writes: “Ray Keifetz’s new poetic myths …

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Categories Book Reviews, Fiction, Poetry

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

Book Review: Pig by sam sax

November 11, 2023 by Nicole Emanuel
Cover of sam sax's poetry book "Pig"; shows an abstract line drawing evoking a pig, on a pink and read background, with a flower in place of an eye.

The first poem in sam sax’s collection Pig concludes with these portentous lines: “in the beginning pig offered its body so the world / might be built & when this …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Anthropocene, Book Reviews, Climate Change, Ecology, Pets, Poetry, Sustainability, Veganism

New and forthcoming environmental literature

June 17, 2023 by John Yunker

So many new and exciting novels and books of nonfiction and poetry have come across our desks and inboxes as of late. Here are just a handful that caught our …

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Categories Anthropocene, Birds, Climate Change, Conservation, Ecology, Endangered Species, Fiction, Nonfiction, Oceans, Poetry, Pollution, Rewilding, Sustainability, What we're reading

New and forthcoming environmental books

January 21, 2023 by John Yunker

Here are a few recent books that came across our desks and inboxes… Afterglow: Climate Fiction for Future AncestorsEdited by Grist Afterglow is a stunning collection of original short stories in …

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Categories Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, What we're reading

New and forthcoming environmental books

October 22, 2022 by John Yunker

Sadly there is not enough time for us here at EcoLit Books to read all the fine works submitted to us. Here are a few titles we’ve received over the …

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Categories Book Reviews, Children's Books, Fiction, Nonfiction, What we're reading

Book Review: Postcolonial Love Poem by Natalie Diaz

August 18, 2022 by Melissa Dennihy

Winner of the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, Natalie Diaz’s Postcolonial Love Poem is a powerful collection of ecopoetry that forefronts the interconnectedness of humans, animals, land, and water. Throughout, …

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Categories Book Reviews, Conservation, Ecology, Endangered Species, Poetry, Pollution

EcoLit Books Success Story: Cassie Premo Steele

July 19, 2021July 18, 2021 by John Yunker

Cassie Premo Steele is the author of Earth Joy Writing: Creating Harmony through Journaling and Nature, which was published by Ashland Creek Press in 2015. Since then, Cassie published two books …

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Categories Climate Change, Conservation, Ecology, For Writers, Success Story, Trees
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