WRITING WILD : WOMEN POETS, RAMBLERS, and MAVERICKS Who Shape How We See THE NATURAL WORLD /
KATHRYN AALTO
- 287 pages : colour illustrations ; 20 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-269) and index.
Introduction -- Dorothy Wordsworth -- Susan Fenimore Cooper -- Gene Stratton-Porter -- Mary Austin -- Vita Sackville-West -- Nan Shepherd -- Rachel Carson -- Mary Oliver -- . Carolyn Merchant -- Annie Dillard -- Gretel Ehrlich -- Leslie Marmon Silko -- Diane Ackerman -- Robin Wall Kimmerer -- Lauret Savoy -- Rebecca Solnit -- Kathleen Jamie -- Carolyn Finney -- Helen MacDonald -- Saci Lloyd -- Andrea Wulf -- Camile T. Dungy -- Elena Passarello -- Amy Liptrot -- Eilizabeth Rush -- Afterword
25 women whose writing helps deepen our connection to the natural world. They are scholars, spiritual seekers, conservationists, scientists, novelists, and explorers. The book is part travel essay, literary biography, and cultural history. It ventures into the lives of extraordinary writers and encourages a new generation of women to pick up their pens, head outdoors, and start writing wild
9781604699272 RM117.50
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