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What is Eco Criticism?

Ecocriticism Reader: Landmarks in Literary Ecology What we read influences how we interact with the natural world. Ecocriticism is the study of the relationship between literature and the physical environment,  an earth-focused view of literary scholarship. The Association for the … Continue reading

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Residencies for Nature and Outdoors Writers

Spring Creek – University of Oregon – writer in residence program Mesa Refuge, Point Reyes Station, California – writer’s residency Taos Summer Writer’s Conference – fiction and non-fiction writing conference Voices of the Wilderness  – artist’s residency Island Institute, Sitka, Alaska – resident fellowships … Continue reading

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Places to Publish Your Nature Writing

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Websites on Nature

Selected Opportunities and Resources for Nature Writers Nature in Legend and Story (NILAS) is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization, devoted to exploration of relationships between human beings and the natural world, reflected in folklore, literature and other cultural activities with spiritual … Continue reading

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Nature Writing Exercise

A few thoughts to start your thoughts about your relationship with nature and the natural world: What is your first memory of nature or the outdoors? What is the role of the writer in observing and reporting about the natural … Continue reading

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Books About Nature Writing

Productive mountaintop dialogue between conservationist Theodore Roosevelt (left) and progressive preservationistJohn Muir (right). photo courtesy of the Library of Congress Keeping a Nature Journal Clare Walker Leslie and Charles E. Roth, forward by Edward O. Wilson Storey Books, Pownal, Vt. … Continue reading

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