The Sierra Club Nature Writing Handbook: A Creative GuideThis newest volume in the Sierra Club's acclaimed The series includes autobiographical writings, essays, short stories, and poetry that communicate a passion for nature which enhances our appreciation of a wide range of landscapes and wildlife. Diverse in mood and setting, the nineteen selections, including seven in print for the first time, represent the best of the genre. Readers will delight in Chip Rawlins's memoir of life in the Wind River Mountains of Wyoming, Dan O'Brien's tale of falconry on the Great Plains, David Rains Wallace's exploration of the Darien, Barry Lopez's essay on the coral reefs of the Caribbean island of Bonaire, and Marybeth Holleman's evocative essay on St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea. Other contributors are Rick Bass, SueEllen Campbell, Lisa Couturier, John Daniel, Jan Grover, Penny Harter, Adele Ne Jame, Homer Kizer, W. S. Merwin, David Petersen, April N. Rieveschl, Alianor True, Louise Wagenknecht, and Terry Tempest Williams. |
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... Lake in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California . The first paragraph is illustrative of his approach : Mono Lake lies in a lifeless , treeless , hideous desert , eight thou- sand feet above the level of the sea , and is guarded by ...
... Lake in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California . The first paragraph is illustrative of his approach : Mono Lake lies in a lifeless , treeless , hideous desert , eight thou- sand feet above the level of the sea , and is guarded by ...
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... lake . Cas- siopeia wheels up over the eastern horizon . Another world glim- mers coldly down upon this one . Something splashes in the lake with a delicate neat liquid sound . Looking upward , I wonder if any of those other worlds can ...
... lake . Cas- siopeia wheels up over the eastern horizon . Another world glim- mers coldly down upon this one . Something splashes in the lake with a delicate neat liquid sound . Looking upward , I wonder if any of those other worlds can ...
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... lake stops me . Before the flood , it was a fifteen mile trip . The waves of Great Salt Lake are lap- ping just below where my car door opens . Gray sky . Gray water . I have the sense that I am suspended in the middle of the lake with ...
... lake stops me . Before the flood , it was a fifteen mile trip . The waves of Great Salt Lake are lap- ping just below where my car door opens . Gray sky . Gray water . I have the sense that I am suspended in the middle of the lake with ...
Contents
The Journal | 1 |
The Essay 12 2 43 | 12 |
The Writing Process | 24 |
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