Environmental and Nature Writing A Writer's Guide and Anthology [Hardcover]

Offering guidance on writing poetry, nonfiction, and fiction,Environmental and Nature Writingis a complete introduction to the art and craft of writing about the environment in a wide range of genres. With discussion questions and writing prompts throughout,Environmental and Nature Writing: A Writers' Guide and Anthologycovers such topics as:

?? The history of writing about the environment
?? Image, description and metaphor
?? Environmental journalism, poetry, and fiction
?? Researching, revising and publishing
?? Styles of nature writing, from discovery to memoir to polemic

The book also includes an anthology, offering inspiring examples of nature writing in all of the genres covered by the book, including work by: John Daniel, Camille T. Dungy, David Gessner, Jennifer Lunden, Erik Reece, David Treuer, Bonnie Jo Campbell, Alyson Hagy, Bonnie Nadzam, Lydia Peelle, Benjamin Percy, Gabrielle Calvocoressi, Nikky Finney, Juan Felipe Herrera, Major Jackson, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, G.E. Patterson, Natasha Trethewey, and many more.

Section 1: An Introduction to Nature and Environmental Writing
Chapter 1: The Trailhead
Chapter 2: A Short History of Nature and Environmental Writing

Section 2: The Craft of Nature and Environmental Writing
Chapter 3: Seeing the World, Believing the World
Chapter 4: Living Maps
Chapter 5: The Writer in Place
Chapter 6: People and Place
Chapter 7: The River Above, the River Below
Chapter 8: The Art of Activism
Chapter 9: A World Larger than Ourselves
Chapter 10: The Nature and Environmental Essay, Story, and Poem
Chapter 11: One More Time to the River: Writing is Rewriting
Chapter 12: A Trail Guide

Section 3: Nature and Environmental Writing Anthology
Creative Nonfiction

Geologies: An Investigation
Chelsea Biondolillo

Pack Rat
John Daniel

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