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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... look at the larger human rights is- sues evoked by the trip to the battlefield . Because the essay had so much ... looks at how a natural 20 THE SIERRA CLUB NATURE WRITING HANDBOOK.
... look at the larger human rights is- sues evoked by the trip to the battlefield . Because the essay had so much ... looks at how a natural 20 THE SIERRA CLUB NATURE WRITING HANDBOOK.
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... looks at a lifetime of involvement with grizzly bears , from a scene at a museum when I was a boy of nine to my most recent expe- riences with bears in the Alaskan Range . In that essay , as well as in " Wolf Country , " which looks at ...
... looks at a lifetime of involvement with grizzly bears , from a scene at a museum when I was a boy of nine to my most recent expe- riences with bears in the Alaskan Range . In that essay , as well as in " Wolf Country , " which looks at ...
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... look for texture , color , lines , shadowing , and movement in the same dis- cerning way that an artist does . Search for those important details that make the scene singular . At the same time look for images that will make the scene ...
... look for texture , color , lines , shadowing , and movement in the same dis- cerning way that an artist does . Search for those important details that make the scene singular . At the same time look for images that will make the scene ...
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The Journal | 1 |
The Essay 12 2 43 | 12 |
The Writing Process | 24 |
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