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10 Nonfiction Books to Read This July

10 Nonfiction Books to Read This July

John McPhee, Terrance Hayes, Richard Wagamese, and More

By Jonny Diamond | June 30, 2023

Gentrification’s Constant Gardener: Natalie Beach on Finding Herself in South Brooklyn’s Gardens

Gentrification’s Constant Gardener: Natalie Beach on Finding Herself in South Brooklyn’s Gardens

“What else to do with an excess of feelings but give yourself room to grow?”

By Natalie Beach | June 29, 2023

Christian Cooper on Finding Freedom in a Lifelong Love of Birds

Christian Cooper on Finding Freedom in a Lifelong Love of Birds

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | June 27, 2023

Roger Ballen on the Existential Ecological Psychodrama of the Destruction of African Wildlife

Roger Ballen on the Existential Ecological Psychodrama of the Destruction of African Wildlife

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | June 27, 2023

Seven Swims: Omar El Akkad Chronicles a Life In Water

Seven Swims: Omar El Akkad Chronicles a Life In Water

“The sense of drowning comes with a clarity of sorts: you get to know intimately, if only for a few seconds.”

By Omar El Akkad | June 16, 2023

How Colorado Became Ground Zero For Hemp Production

How Colorado Became Ground Zero For Hemp Production

Finn Murphy on the Growth of a New Cash Crop in the Mountain West

By Finn Murphy | June 14, 2023

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Peter Gleick on the Prehistoric Past, Imperiled Present, and Hopeful Future of Water

By Keen On | June 14, 2023

Why Harry Potter’s Hedwig Would Make a Terrible Pet

By Jennifer Ackerman | June 13, 2023

Nathaniel Rich Reads His Story Hidden Bayou

By Emergence Magazine | June 12, 2023

Between the River and the Sea: Surviving a Near-Death Experience on the Columbia River

Between the River and the Sea: Surviving a Near-Death Experience on the Columbia River

Randall Sullivan Pedals His Way Through the “Graveyard of the Pacific”

By Randall Sullivan | June 9, 2023

Anne Berest on Diving Into Her History for <em>The Postcard</em>

Anne Berest on Diving Into Her History for The Postcard

This Week on The Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan

By The Literary Life | June 9, 2023

Moving Through the Trees at Night (To Save the Forests)

Moving Through the Trees at Night (To Save the Forests)

Greg King on Taking Radical Steps to Combat Deforestation

By Greg King | June 9, 2023

More Than Cute: Inside the Complex World of Animal Infancy

More Than Cute: Inside the Complex World of Animal Infancy

Danna Staaf Explores the Commonalities Between Small Humans and Small Animals

By Danna Staaf | June 8, 2023

George and I: Frieda Hughes on the Early Days of Raising a Magpie

George and I: Frieda Hughes on the Early Days of Raising a Magpie

“His warmly feathered presence was like having an emissary of the natural world grounding me daily.”

By Frieda Hughes | June 8, 2023

David Quammen’s Conservationist Manifesto From Landscapes of Wonder, Peril and Hope

David Quammen’s Conservationist Manifesto From Landscapes of Wonder, Peril and Hope

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | June 5, 2023

Boyce Upholt: Legal Protections for the Saguaro Cactus and Recognizing the Dignity of All Life

Boyce Upholt: Legal Protections for the Saguaro Cactus and Recognizing the Dignity of All Life

This Week from the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | May 30, 2023

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