Seamus Heaney’s wife is launching a Seamus Heaney-themed walking tour.

Seamus Heaney’s wife is launching a Seamus Heaney-themed walking tour.

By Walker Caplan | June 8, 2021

How a Bill Bryson Bestseller Changed the Appalachian Trail—For Better or Worse

How a Bill Bryson Bestseller Changed the Appalachian Trail—For Better or Worse

Philip D'Anieri on the Enormous Impact of A Walk in the Woods

By Philip D'Anieri | June 8, 2021

Traversing the Most Dangerous Region of the Coast of Norway (On a Cruise Ship)

Traversing the Most Dangerous Region of the Coast of Norway (On a Cruise Ship)

Chaney Kwak on Freelance Writing, Boredom, and Too Much Excitement

By Chaney Kwak | June 8, 2021

In Defense of the Dark: Why We Should All Embrace the Mystery of Moonlight

In Defense of the Dark: Why We Should All Embrace the Mystery of Moonlight

Chris Salisbury on the Cultural Fear of Darkness and How Too Much Light is a Bad Thing

By Chris Salisbury | June 7, 2021

Where the Horses Sing: Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee on Returning Our Awareness to the Natural World

Where the Horses Sing: Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee on Returning Our Awareness to the Natural World

This Week on the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | June 7, 2021

How the Language of Trees is Everywhere Around Us

How the Language of Trees is Everywhere Around Us

Peter Wohllenben on the Way We Talk About Forests

By Peter Wohlleben | June 4, 2021

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The Advantages of Failure: What Thoreau Taught Me About Journal Writing

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Watch a young Flannery O’Connor teaching her chicken to walk backwards.

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A close reading of Margaret Atwood’s sexy cicada poem.

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Alice Waters: Sustainability Sounds Good, But We Need Regenerative Farming

Alice Waters: Sustainability Sounds Good, But We Need Regenerative Farming

The Chef and Founder of Chez Panisse on the Importance of Land Stewardship

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David Farrier in Search of the Fossils That Humans Are Leaving Behind

David Farrier in Search of the Fossils That Humans Are Leaving Behind

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On the Long Debated Origin Story of Domestic Chickens

On the Long Debated Origin Story of Domestic Chickens

Gina G. Warren Considers the History of the Backyard Bird

By Gina G. Warren | June 1, 2021

Wildfires and Climate Lies: On the Myth of the “Tidy Forest”

Wildfires and Climate Lies: On the Myth of the “Tidy Forest”

Chad Hanson: We Need Our Old, Messy Woods

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Robert Macfarlane on Roger Deakin and the Origins of Wild Swimming

Robert Macfarlane on Roger Deakin and the Origins of Wild Swimming

Rereading the Classic Waterlog

By Robert Macfarlane | May 26, 2021

Contemplating the Devotions of W.S. Merwin in the Wilds of North Jersey

Contemplating the Devotions of W.S. Merwin in the Wilds of North Jersey

Nick Ripatrazone on the Renowned Poet and the Wilderness He Loved

By Nick Ripatrazone | May 20, 2021

Symbiosis and Psychedelics: An Exploratory Conversation Between Edward St. Aubyn and Merlin Sheldrake

Symbiosis and Psychedelics: An Exploratory Conversation Between Edward St. Aubyn and Merlin Sheldrake

The Author of Double Blind and the Author of Entangled Life Talk Scientific Inquiry

By Merlin Sheldrake and Edward St. Aubyn | May 17, 2021

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