Diverse in mood and setting, the 19 selections, including 7 in print for the first time, represent the best of the genre. Contributors include Rick Bass, Barry Lopez, Terry Tempest Williams and many others. This collection encompasses a variety of genres, including fiction, journal writing, poetry, personal essays, and feature articles. Also included are an excerpt from Annie Dillard's novel, The Living, and a previously unpublished selection from the journals of Edward Abbey. At last here is nature writing at its boisterous, gritty, and lyrical best.
Nature writing is poised at the beginning of a period of wonderful exuberance.
All of the excitement that attends the beginning of a new century, and the start of a new millennium, together with a growing awareness of the interdependence of nature and culture, cannot help but fuel this historic genre. Writings of Henry David Thoreau Project dedicated to preserving Thoreau's more obscure poetry, letters, journal entries, early essays, translations, and nature writings.