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Nature's Writers: Mentored by the Land

by Donald S. Clark

A photographic map of American nature writing

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A photographic map of American nature writing

Donald S. Clark pairs landscape photographs with selected writing by more than 40 historic and contemporary American nature and environmental writers, tracing the places that informed their work. Spanning forests, prairies, mountains, coastlines, and other regions across the United States, the book makes place the organizing principle: each visual gallery is accompanied by an excerpt addressing the writer’s connection to that land. Names ranging from John Muir to Terry Tempest Williams and Barbara Kingsolver situate the volume across generations of environmental writing. The collection also frames these landscapes within contemporary awareness of climate change, linking literary geography, conservation, and photography.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in American nature and environmental writing
  • Photography lovers drawn to landscape-centered collections
  • People exploring conservation and connections between literature and place

Themes

LandscapeNature writingEnvironment and conservationPlace and artistic inspirationClimate change

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Book overview

A photographic celebration of the landscapes that have influenced some of America's most important nature writers--from John Muir to Terry Tempest Williams to Barbara Kingsolver.

Since 2019, Donald S. Clark has documented the places that have been instrumental in influencing the lives and words of both historic and contemporary nature and environmental writers throughout the United States. While we have always felt their passionate connection to their own environments, no book has ever made this visual connection between writers and their land before--the relationship between prose and place.

Featuring more than 40 of America's most important writers, the content is as far-reaching as America itself: from sea to shining sea, forest to prairie, and mountain to coastline. Accompanying each gallery of stunning photography is a selected excerpt by the writer about their land. With the increasingly noticeable effects of climate change, the significance of these writers--and their personal connections to the environment--is even more timely.

This unique and compelling story of the land and how it has inspired some of our greatest poets and authors will make a wonderful gift for budding environmentalists, students of nature writing, or anyone interested in conservation.
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