by Liz Haegele | Feb 8, 2012 | Book Reviews
Mary Oliver is one of the most celebrated poets of our time. Her decades of poetry are gathered together beautifully in her New and Selected Poems Volumes 1 and 2. Oliver’s poetry touches on the most beautiful parts of life: the natural world, the shortness and...
by Liz Haegele | Jan 10, 2012 | Book Reviews
By Wendell Berry Wendell Berry is a farmer, poet, and visionary whose book The Unsettling of America: Culture & Agriculture, written in the late 1970’s, is now an American classic. Berry addresses many issues that he perceives as cultural dysfunction in modern...
by Liz Haegele | Dec 8, 2011 | Book Reviews
by Sue Hubbell For those of us that have made the time and space in our lives for regular observations of nature, this book asks the same questions that we do and is is organized into a series of seasonal reflections on nature from a single woman who is a beekeeper in...
by Liz Haegele | Nov 3, 2011 | Book Reviews
by Hugh Raffles I make it a point to read Orion’s book of the year each year. It’s one of my favorite magazines and their book selection is unparalleled. So when Insectopedia was named the winner of the 2011 Orion Book Award, I raced out to the bookstore to sink my...
by Liz Haegele | Oct 5, 2011 | Book Reviews
There is a common theme in nature and environmental writing concerning the lack of connection that humans feel towards other living creatures and nature. This disconnect, many environmentalists argue, is the reason for ever increasing environmental destruction. But...
