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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... Language 1. Read through a nature book in which figurative language is used extensively , such as Annie Dillard's Pilgrim at Tinker Creek or Gretel Ehrlich's The Solace of Open Spaces . Keep a logbook in which you enter all of your ...
... Language 1. Read through a nature book in which figurative language is used extensively , such as Annie Dillard's Pilgrim at Tinker Creek or Gretel Ehrlich's The Solace of Open Spaces . Keep a logbook in which you enter all of your ...
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... language into figurative language . In each sentence , the underlined word is used literally . Write a sentence in which the same word is used figuratively . EXAMPLE : The aspen leaves trembled in the wind . ( response- " The northern ...
... language into figurative language . In each sentence , the underlined word is used literally . Write a sentence in which the same word is used figuratively . EXAMPLE : The aspen leaves trembled in the wind . ( response- " The northern ...
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... language . These things we call books , which are as intrinsic to culture as DNA is to the cell . Revision 1. Keep all of your drafts for an essay . Assuming they are of a man- ageable number , arrange them on the living room floor ...
... language . These things we call books , which are as intrinsic to culture as DNA is to the cell . Revision 1. Keep all of your drafts for an essay . Assuming they are of a man- ageable number , arrange them on the living room floor ...
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The Journal | 1 |
The Essay 12 2 43 | 12 |
The Writing Process | 24 |
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