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Book Review: Fires in the Night by Matthew Wolfe

Matthew Wolfe’s Fires in the Night: The Earth Liberation Front, the FBI, and a Secret History of Eco-Sabotage is a compelling work of narrative nonfiction, meticulously researched and written with the...

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Guest book review: The Adventures of Lucy Ghost and Sugar by Hope Ferdowsian

Thanks to Debra Merskin for her review of Hope Ferdowsian‘s children’s book The Adventures of Lucy Ghost and Sugar, below: For anyone who has ever loved and lost a companion ... Read more The post...

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Book Review: Becoming Ecological by Derek Gladwin and Kedrick James

In our writing program Writing for Animals, we talk a lot about language and how it reflects the ways we treat animals (for better and for worse) — and especially how ... Read more The post Book...

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Book Review: Where the Earth Meets the Sky by Louise K. Blight

When I first started reading Where the Earth Meets the Sky: Penguins, People and Place in Antarctica by Louise K. Blight, which was published in April of this year, all I could ... Read more The post...

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Yet another scam to be aware of…

Scams targeting writers are becoming more sophisticated than ever ... here is another one to beware of. The post Yet another scam to be aware of… appeared first on EcoLit Books.

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Book Review: Sangamithra Iyer’s Governing Bodies

Sangamithra Iyer’s lovely, inspiring memoir, Governing Bodies: A Memoir, A Confluence, A Watershed, is told in three parts: in letters to her grandfather, to her late father, and to her readers. ......

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Book review: The Evolved Nest by Darcia Narvaez & G.A. Bradshaw

This extraordinary book, intertwining psychology and ecology, takes a look at raising children and creating communities—from an Animal’s perspective. And it’s clear that we human animals can learn a...

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Book review: The Shark House by Sara Ackerman

Sara Ackerman’s novel The Shark House is a richly layered, atmospheric love letter to sharks — as well as the oceans and other animals — that unravels mysteries both immediate and deeply ... Read more...

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A Q&A with Kendra Coulter

I was thrilled to have this chat with Kendra Coulter, author of Defending Animals and the newly released novel The Tortoise’s Tale. Dr. Coulter is a professor at Huron University ... Read more The post...

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Book Review: The Tortoise’s Tale by Kendra Coulter

Years ago, when I was in the Galápagos Islands, a fellow traveler asked how long tortoises live. Our guide’s answer was: “We don’t know.” No human has yet lived long ... Read more The post Book Review:...

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Book Review: North of the Sunlit River by Jessica Bryant Klagmann

In her novel North of the Sunlit River, Jessica Bryant Klagmann’s characters face grief and loss amid beautiful depictions of the natural world, from Alaska to New Mexico. Eila Jacobsen is ... Read...

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Book Review: Defending Animals by Kendra Coulter

During the writing of Defending Animals: Finding Hope on the Front Lines of Animal Protection, Kendra Coulter’s dog, Sunny, spent many hours wrapped around her feet. Sunny, who had been abused ... Read...

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Book Review: Jane and Dan at the End of the World by Colleen Oakley

This fun, witty novel opens on author Jane Brooks being questioned by police, not only as a witness to a crime but also because her novel was found in the ... Read more

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Book Review: My Dog Always Eats First by Leslie Irvine

Even before beginning the research for her book My Dog Always Eats First: Homeless People & Their Animals, Leslie Irvine had been thinking about what it means for a human to care for an animal. A...

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Book Review: The Wild Horse Effect by Chad Hanson

Chad Hanson’s gorgeous book The Wild Horse Effect: Awe, Well-Being, and the Transformative Power of Nature combines beautiful imagery of the West and wild horses with reflections on mindfulness,...

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Book Review: Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy

In Charlotte McConaghy’s lovely new novel, Wild Dark Shore, Dominic Salt and his family—eighteen-year-old Raff, seventeen-year-old Fen, and nine-year-old Orly—moved to Shearwater Island eight years...

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Book Review: Pony Confidential by Christina Lynch

Christina Lynch’s Pony Confidential is a light, highly readable mystery co-narrated by murder suspect Penny and her childhood pet, Pony, who comes to her rescue despite his lingering resentment that...

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Book Review: Why Animals Talk by Arik Kershenbaum

In his book Why Animals Talk: The New Science of Animal Communication, Arik Kershenbaum notes that animal communication is a young science, and this addition to it, focusing on seven animals, six of...

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Book Review: The Skunks by Fiona Warnick

In Fiona Warnick’s novel The Skunks, recent college graduate Isabel moves back to her hometown to housesit, babysit, work at a yoga studio, and try to avoid thinking about boys. She knows she is a bit...

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ARROYO CIRCLE: A Q&A with JoeAnn Hart

Float author JoeAnn Hart is one of our most prolific Ashland Creek Press authors. In addition to her pre-Float novel, Addled, she is the author of a memoir and an award-winning collection of short...

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