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Why Learning About Other Animals Makes Us Better Writers

Why Learning About Other Animals Makes Us Better Writers

Gina Chung on How Bats, Octopuses, and Other Animals Helped Her Better Understand Humanity

By Gina Chung | March 28, 2023

<em>Valemon The Bear</em>: Myth in the Age of the Anthropocene with Martin Shaw

Valemon The Bear: Myth in the Age of the Anthropocene with Martin Shaw

This Week from the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | March 27, 2023

Living Fossils: Inside the World of Jellyfish

Living Fossils: Inside the World of Jellyfish

Dr. Lisa-ann Gershwin Considers These Dangerous Yet Beguiling Sea Creatures

By Dr. Lisa-ann Gershwin | March 24, 2023

Shelley Read on Place, Home, and Being a Fifth-Generation Coloradan

Shelley Read on Place, Home, and Being a Fifth-Generation Coloradan

The Author of Go As a River in Conversation with Mitchell Kaplan on The Literary Life

By The Literary Life | March 24, 2023

What we talk about when we talk about

What we talk about when we talk about "cli-fi."

By Janet Manley | March 23, 2023

From Volcanoes To Bathtubs: On the Many Uses and Forms of Pumice

From Volcanoes To Bathtubs: On the Many Uses and Forms of Pumice

Hettie Judah Explores the History and Science Behind Solidified Lava

By Hettie Judah | March 23, 2023

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More To Be Shaped By: Searching for Black Nature Writing

By Erin Sharkey | March 22, 2023

What Survives —Lacy M. Johnson Examines the Aftermath of Disaster

By Emergence Magazine | March 20, 2023

Tiffany Shlain on the History of Feminism, Tree Rings, and “Dendrofemonology”

By Keen On | March 20, 2023

Daisy Hildyard on the Ancient Origins of James Lovelock, Progenitor of Gaia Theory

Daisy Hildyard on the Ancient Origins of James Lovelock, Progenitor of Gaia Theory

“Lovelock’s origin can be traced back thirteen billion years, and more, to an event that lasted for a fraction of a moment.”

By Daisy Hildyard | March 16, 2023

Learning About the Natural World (Inside My Family’s Cult)

Learning About the Natural World (Inside My Family’s Cult)

“Mother doesn’t believe in protecting children from anything.”

By Michelle Dowd | March 9, 2023

Fabulous Fungi: On the Endless Possibilities of the Mushroom

Fabulous Fungi: On the Endless Possibilities of the Mushroom

Meg Madden Explores the Many Ways to Use Mushrooms

By Meg Madden | March 9, 2023

The Amazon’s History is Also That of Its Indigenous Residents

The Amazon’s History is Also That of Its Indigenous Residents

Eliane Brum on Whiteness, Bodies in Different Languages, and a More Holistic Approach to Ecology

By Eliane Brum | March 8, 2023

Lucy Jones on the Fascinatingly Weird Lifeforms of the Forest Floor

Lucy Jones on the Fascinatingly Weird Lifeforms of the Forest Floor

This Week from the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | February 27, 2023

Why Fig Pollination and Literary Criticism Have a Lot in Common

Why Fig Pollination and Literary Criticism Have a Lot in Common

A. V. Marraccini Considers the Critical Gaze, Eroticism, and the Generative Third Body

By A. V. Marraccini | February 24, 2023

An Explorer Frozen in Time and a Map for the Mess of Life

An Explorer Frozen in Time and a Map for the Mess of Life

Reid Mitenbuler on the Drive to Wanderlust and the Neuroticism of the Present

By reidmitenbuler | February 23, 2023

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