Writing Wild : : Women Poets, Ramblers, and Mavericks who Shape how we see the Natural World

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Call Number: 809.8 Aa, Adult Book / Nonfiction / Literary Arts / Essays / Aalto, Kathryn
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Malletts Creek Branch

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Introduction -- Dorothy Wordsworth -- Susan Fenimore Cooper -- Gene Stratton-Porter -- Mary Austin -- Vita Sackville-West -- Nan Shepherd -- Rachel Carson -- Mary Oliver -- Carolyn Merchant -- Annie Dillard -- Gretel Ehrlich -- Leslie Marmon Silko -- Diane Ackerman -- Robin Wall Kimmerer -- Lauret Savoy -- Rebecca Solnit -- Kathleen Jamie -- Carolyn Finney -- Helen MacDonald -- Saci Lloyd -- Andrea Wulf -- Camile T. Dungy -- Elena Passarello -- Amy Liptrot -- Eilizabeth Rush -- Afterword.
In Writing Wild, Kathryn Aalto celebrates 25 women whose influential writing helps deepen our connection to and understanding of the natural world. These inspiring wordsmiths are scholars, spiritual seekers, conservationists, scientists, novelists, and explorers. They defy easy categorization, yet they all share a bold authenticity that makes their work both distinct and universal. Featured writers include: Dorothy Wordsworth, Susan Fenimore Cooper, Gene Stratton-Porter, Mary Austin, and Vita Sackville-West, Nan Shepherd, Rachel Carson, Mary Oliver, Carolyn Merchant, and Annie Dillard, Gretel Ehrlich, Leslie Marmon Silko, Diane Ackerman, Robin Wall Kimmerer, and Lauret Savoy, Rebecca Solnit, Kathleen Jamie, Carolyn Finney, Helen Macdonald, and Saci Lloyd, Andrea Wulf, Camille T. Dungy, Elena Passarello, Amy Liptrot, and Elizabeth Rush.Part travel essay, literary biography, and cultural history, Writing Wild ventures into the landscapes and lives of extraordinary writers and encourages a new generation of women to pick up their pens, head outdoors, and start writing wild.

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