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Against Nature Writing

Against Nature Writing

Blair Braverman Has Had Enough of Your Contemplative Forest Thoughts

By Blair Braverman | December 22, 2016

The Wood for the Trees: One Man's Long View of Nature

The Wood for the Trees: One Man's Long View of Nature

Richard Fortey

By Lit Hub Excerpts | December 19, 2016

In Search of the Real Woman Who Lived on the <em>Island of the Blue Dolphins</em>

In Search of the Real Woman Who Lived on the Island of the Blue Dolphins

Following in the Footsteps of the Legendary 'Lone Woman' of San Nicolas

By Veronica Hackethal | November 16, 2016

Everyone Used to Raise Hogs

Everyone Used to Raise Hogs

On a Family History of Pig Farming

By Josh Foreman | October 14, 2016

We're Destroying Our Planet and All the Wild Things On It

We're Destroying Our Planet and All the Wild Things On It

Jane Alexander on Extinction, Pollution, and Fracking

By Jane Alexander | October 4, 2016

Birding While Black

Birding While Black

J. Drew Lanham on race, belonging, and a love of nature

By J. Drew Lanham | September 22, 2016

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On the Irresistible Pull of Tidal Metaphors

By Hugh Aldersey-Williams | September 20, 2016

Why Can't Irish Writers Escape the Sea?

By Brendan Mac Evilly | August 26, 2016

In Praise of the Micro Landscape

By Angela Palm | August 19, 2016

Why Do Writers Love Birding So Much?

Why Do Writers Love Birding So Much?

An Investigation, Featuring All of Your Favorite Bird Lovers

By Katherine Towler | August 18, 2016

You're Probably Misreading Robert Frost's Most Famous Poem

You're Probably Misreading Robert Frost's Most Famous Poem

On the Many Tricks and Contradictions of "The Road Not Taken"

By David Orr | August 18, 2016

Blair Braverman is Obsessed with the Things That Scare Her Most

Blair Braverman is Obsessed with the Things That Scare Her Most

Gemma de Choisy Heads North to Visit the Author of Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube

By Gemma de Choisy | August 12, 2016

Katie Holten on Turning Words and Paragraphs into Whole Forests

Katie Holten on Turning Words and Paragraphs into Whole Forests

Speaking With the Author of About Trees & Creator of an Arboreal Alphabet

By Stephen Sparks | July 27, 2016

Speaking with the Legendary Goat Man

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Answering All the Questions About Human-Goat Transmogrification
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By Arvind Dilawar | July 22, 2016

My Mother, Monterey, and the Haunted Beauty of Aquariums

My Mother, Monterey, and the Haunted Beauty of Aquariums

Lindsay Hatton on the Faded Beauty of Her Hometown

By Lindsay Hatton | July 19, 2016

In the Wilds of Utah, For Research

In the Wilds of Utah, For Research

Alexandra Oliva on Killing the Meat You Eat, and Taking Comfort for Granted

By Alexandra Oliva | July 12, 2016

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