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    The Natural World

    Oceans That Glow: On the Timeless Beauty of Bioluminescence

    Alan Lightman Considers the Power and Benefits of Natural Deep Sea Light

     
    By Alan Lightman  November 20, 2024
    Emergence Magazine

    Marcia Bjornerud on the Persistence of Past Worlds on Earth

    By Emergence Magazine  November 13, 2024
    Animals

    Witnesses to a Changing World: On the Longevity and Endurance of the Greenland Shark

    By Katherine Rundell  November 12, 2024
    Science Writing

    Memories in the Marsh: A Love Letter to Exploring, Studying, and Creating Art in Nature

    By Anna Farro Henderson  November 11, 2024
    Emergence Magazine

    Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee on Time and Timelessness

    By Emergence Magazine  November 7, 2024
    The Natural World

    The Journey of a Sea Bean: In Praise of the Ocean’s Smallest Gifts

    By Sally Huband  November 6, 2024
    Book Marks: What the Critics Are Saying
    Presidential Election 2024

    Rebecca Solnit: We, the People, Can Make a Better Future

    By Rebecca Solnit  November 4, 2024
    The Issues: 2024

    The Issues 2024: The Fight for Climate Justice

    By Literary Hub  November 1, 2024
    The Issues: 2024

    The 10 Best Books on
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    By Catherine Habgood  November 1, 2024
    Ecopoetics

    Poems of Power and Our Planet: Six Essential Ecopoetry Collections to Read

    Dorsía Smith Silva Recommends Craig Santos Perez, Juliana Spahr, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, and More

    By Dorsía Smith Silva  November 15, 2024
    Apocalypses

    “Mike Knew Apocalypses Had Been Coming at Us All Along.” Rebecca Solnit on the Great Mike Davis

    By Rebecca Solnit  October 30, 2024
    Climate Change

    Our Burning Era: Reading George Stewart’s Fire in Fire Season

    By Ben Woollard  October 29, 2024
    American West

    A Golden Land? Questioning Frontiers, Fantasies and Fulfillment in the Pacific Northwest

    By Rachel Greenley  October 28, 2024
    National Parks

    A Geological Time Bomb: Remembering the Night That Yellowstone Exploded

    Randall K. Wilson Considers the Impact of the 1959 Earthquake That Shook Our Most Famous National Park

    By Randall K. Wilson  October 24, 2024
    Psychedelics

    Anatomy of a Bad Trip: On the Less-Than-Magical Side of Magic Mushrooms

    By Eugenia Bone  October 23, 2024
    Emergence Magazine

    Kalyanee Mam on Knowing Your Taste

    By Emergence Magazine  October 9, 2024
    Farming

    Embracing Bucolic Beauty: On Finding Purpose and Joy in Raising Sheep

    By John Connell  October 3, 2024
    The Hub

    Five cultural hubs to follow for Hurricane Helene updates.

    By Brittany Allen  September 30, 2024
    Nature Writing

    Encounters with the Local Possum; Or, How Safety Can Hide Wonder from Us

    By Jarod K. Anderson  September 30, 2024
    Environmental History

    Freedom and Responsibility: Why Earth’s Survival Depends on All of Us

    By Sunil Amrith  September 25, 2024
    The Natural World

    Seeing in the Dark: On Bats as Companions, Protectors and Muses

    By Vanessa Chakour  September 24, 2024
    The Hub

    Earth is about to get a second moon… but what will it mean for the lit world?

    By James Folta  September 23, 2024
    The Natural World

    How to Pay Attention: On the Value of Stillness and Silence in All Seasons

    By Margaret Renkl  September 23, 2024
    The Natural World

    Close Encounters of Animal Kind: On the Porous Urban Boundaries Between Predator and Prey

    By Christopher Brown  September 18, 2024
    Emergence Magazine

    Jane Hirshfield on Time, Mystery, and Kinship

    By Emergence Magazine  October 31, 2024
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