Fen, Bog & Swamp by Annie Proulx, Read by Gabra Zackman

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Gabra Zackman’s intelligent performance of Annie Proulx’s eloquent nonfiction audiobook, Fen, Bog & Swamp, encourages listeners to absorb its powerful message. Host Jo Reed and AudioFile’s Alan Minskoff discuss this audiobook that blends memoir, speculation, and a warning about impacts on the environment. Listeners learn much from Proulx’s longtime focus on the wetter world. Her prose sparkles and is enlivened by stories, quotations, and memories, and Zackman narrates with exquisite timing and thoughtful pacing.

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