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Colors of Nature

Culture, Identity, and the Natural World

Edited by Alison H. Deming, Lauret E. Savoy ...

"An anthology of nature writing by people of color, providing deeply personal connections to—or disconnects from—nature." —NPRFrom African American to Asian American, indigenous to immigrant, "multiracial" to "mixed-blood," the diversity of cultures in this world is matched only by the diversity of stories explaining our cultural origins: stories of creation and destruction, displacement and ... Read more

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"An anthology of nature writing by people of color, providing deeply personal connections to—or disconnects from—nature." —NPRFrom African American to Asian American, indigenous to immigrant, "multiracial" to "mixed-blood," the diversity of cultures in this world is matched only by the diversity of stories explaining our cultural origins: stories of creation and destruction, displacement and
... Read more
Zoologies

On Animals and the Human Spirit

by Alison Hawthorne Deming ...

"Beautifully written essays" on animals, "the real and mythological, the ordinary and the exotic, the wild and the domesticated" ( Publishers Weekly).Humans were surrounded by other animals from the beginning of time: they were food, clothes, adversaries, companions, jokes, and gods. And yet, our companions in evolution are leaving the world—both as physical beings and spiritual symbols—and not ... Read more

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"Beautifully written essays" on animals, "the real and mythological, the ordinary and the exotic, the wild and the domesticated" ( Publishers Weekly).Humans were surrounded by other animals from the beginning of time: they were food, clothes, adversaries, companions, jokes, and gods. And yet, our companions in evolution are leaving the world—both as physical beings and spiritual symbols—and not
... Read more
Stairway to Heaven

Poems

by Alison Hawthorne Deming ...

Series series Penguin Poets
A new collection from a poet who “writes with scrupulous and merciful passion about every kind of relatedness—family, place, politics, and wildlife” (W. S. Piero)In her fifth book of poems, Stairway to Heaven, Alison Hawthorne Deming explores dimensions of grief and renewal after losing her brother and mother. Grounded in her communion with nature and place, she finds even in Death Valley, that ... Read more

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A new collection from a poet who “writes with scrupulous and merciful passion about every kind of relatedness—family, place, politics, and wildlife” (W. S. Piero)In her fifth book of poems, Stairway to Heaven, Alison Hawthorne Deming explores dimensions of grief and renewal after losing her brother and mother. Grounded in her communion with nature and place, she finds even in Death Valley, that
... Read more
A Voice for Earth

American Writers Respond to the Earth Charter

by Alison Deming, Jake Swamp, Janisse Ray, John Lane, Lauret Savoy, Leonardo Boff, Mary Tucker, Rick Bass, Robert Pyle, Steven C. Rockefeller, Stuart Ching, Scott Russell Sanders, Homero Aridjis ...

A Voice for Earth is a collection of poems, essays, and stories that together give a voice to the ethical principles outlined in the Earth Charter. The Earth Charter was adopted in the year 2000 with the mission of addressing the economic, social, political, spiritual, and environmental problems confronting the world in the twenty-first century.Part 1 of the book, "Imagination into Principle," ... Read more

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A Voice for Earth is a collection of poems, essays, and stories that together give a voice to the ethical principles outlined in the Earth Charter. The Earth Charter was adopted in the year 2000 with the mission of addressing the economic, social, political, spiritual, and environmental problems confronting the world in the twenty-first century.Part 1 of the book, "Imagination into Principle,"
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The Gift of Animals

Poems of Love, Loss, and Connection

by Alison Hawthorne Deming ...

This unique collection of poems from diverse contemporary voices offers a range of perspectives on humans' complex relationship with animals, celebrating and bearing witness to the lives of animals both wild and domestic.Animals have long been a source of inspiration, sustenance, and companionship, and poems about and for animals are among the oldest traditions across human cultures. This ... Read more

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This unique collection of poems from diverse contemporary voices offers a range of perspectives on humans' complex relationship with animals, celebrating and bearing witness to the lives of animals both wild and domestic.Animals have long been a source of inspiration, sustenance, and companionship, and poems about and for animals are among the oldest traditions across human cultures. This
... Read more
Blue Flax & Yellow Mustard Flower

Poems

by Alison Hawthorne Deming ...

“A rich catalog of the Anthropocene, including history, research, and initiative.”****—Ellen Bass, author of In IndigoEssential poems devoted to the power of language to pull us closer to Nature and each other.In her sixth poetry collection, award-winning writer Alison Hawthorne Deming extends her exploration of the meanings of nature into the tensions of our political and ecological moment. ... Read more

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“A rich catalog of the Anthropocene, including history, research, and initiative.”****—Ellen Bass, author of In IndigoEssential poems devoted to the power of language to pull us closer to Nature and each other.In her sixth poetry collection, award-winning writer Alison Hawthorne Deming extends her exploration of the meanings of nature into the tensions of our political and ecological moment.
... Read more
A Woven World

On Fashion, Fishermen, and the Sardine Dress

by Alison Hawthorne Deming ...

Part memoir, part cultural history, A Woven World celebrates the fading crafts, industries, and artisans that have defined communities for generations.The desire to create is the cornerstone of civilization. But as we move into a world where machine manufacturing has nearly usurped craft, Alison Hawthorne Deming resists the erasure of our shared history of handiwork with this appeal for embracing ... Read more

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Part memoir, part cultural history, A Woven World celebrates the fading crafts, industries, and artisans that have defined communities for generations.The desire to create is the cornerstone of civilization. But as we move into a world where machine manufacturing has nearly usurped craft, Alison Hawthorne Deming resists the erasure of our shared history of handiwork with this appeal for embracing
... Read more
Solastalgia

An Anthology of Emotion in a Disappearing World

by Paul Bogard, Laura Erin England, Kathryn Nuernberger, Kathryn Miles, Suzanne Roberts, Joan Naviyuk Kane, Meera Subramanian, Lauren K. Alleyne, Roopali Phadke0, Cynthia Belmont1, Angela Pelster2, Nickole Brown3, Sean Hill4, Holly Haworth5, Kathleen Dean Moore6, J. Drew Lanham7, Genevieve Guenther8, Ken Hada9, Susan Clayton0, Priscilla Solis Ybarra1, Ben Goldfarb2, Douglas Haynes3, Leah Naomi Green4, Jennifer Westerman5, Erica Cavanagh6, Priya Shukla7, Marco Wilkinson8, Janisse Ray9, Jennifer Atkinson0, Elena Passarello1, Taylor Brorby2, Sarah Jaquette Ray3, Alison Hawthorne Deming4, Scott Russell Sanders5 ...

Series series Ecologia
"One of the penalties of an ecological education," wrote Aldo Leopold, "is that one lives alone in a world of wounds." As climate change and other environmental degradations become more evident, experts predict that an increasing number of people will suffer emotional and psychological distress as a result. Many are feeling these effects already. In the pages of Solastalgia, they will find a ... Read more

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"One of the penalties of an ecological education," wrote Aldo Leopold, "is that one lives alone in a world of wounds." As climate change and other environmental degradations become more evident, experts predict that an increasing number of people will suffer emotional and psychological distress as a result. Many are feeling these effects already. In the pages of Solastalgia, they will find a
... Read more

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Science and Other Poems

by Alison Hawthorne Deming ...

Series series Walt Whitman Award of the Academy of American Poets
“I greatly admire Alison Deming’s lucid and precise language, her stunning metaphors, her passion, her wild and generous spirit, her humor, her formal cunning. I am taken, as all readers will be, by the knowledge she displays and how she puts this knowledge to a poetic use; but I am equally taken—I am more taken—by the wisdom that lies behind the knowledge. I am amazed, and delighted, by her ... Read more

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“I greatly admire Alison Deming’s lucid and precise language, her stunning metaphors, her passion, her wild and generous spirit, her humor, her formal cunning. I am taken, as all readers will be, by the knowledge she displays and how she puts this knowledge to a poetic use; but I am equally taken—I am more taken—by the wisdom that lies behind the knowledge. I am amazed, and delighted, by her
... Read more
Science and Other Poems

by Alison Hawthorne Deming ...

Series series Walt Whitman Award of the Academy of American Poets
“I greatly admire Alison Deming’s lucid and precise language, her stunning metaphors, her passion, her wild and generous spirit, her humor, her formal cunning. I am taken, as all readers will be, by the knowledge she displays and how she puts this knowledge to a poetic use; but I am equally taken—I am more taken—by the wisdom that lies behind the knowledge. I am amazed, and delighted, by her ... Read more

$10.99 CAD

“I greatly admire Alison Deming’s lucid and precise language, her stunning metaphors, her passion, her wild and generous spirit, her humor, her formal cunning. I am taken, as all readers will be, by the knowledge she displays and how she puts this knowledge to a poetic use; but I am equally taken—I am more taken—by the wisdom that lies behind the knowledge. I am amazed, and delighted, by her
... Read more
The Deep Blue of Neptune

by Belew ...

Series series Wick First Book
Winner of the 2024 Stan and Tom Wick Poetry PrizeThe Deep Blue of Neptune is a striking, meditative collection of poems by Terry Belew, which reminds readers of the necessity of empathy in the midst of uncertain and unsettling times. Set against a rural backdrop, Belew’s poems reside in the everyday––driving on gravel backroads, roaming the aisles of Walmart, and doomscrolling on a smart phone––to ... Read more

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Winner of the 2024 Stan and Tom Wick Poetry PrizeThe Deep Blue of Neptune is a striking, meditative collection of poems by Terry Belew, which reminds readers of the necessity of empathy in the midst of uncertain and unsettling times. Set against a rural backdrop, Belew’s poems reside in the everyday––driving on gravel backroads, roaming the aisles of Walmart, and doomscrolling on a smart phone––to
... Read more
Ploughshares Spring 2025 Guest-edited by Peggy Shumaker

by Peggy Shumaker, Naomi Shihab Nye, Felicia Zamora, Tim S. Seibles, Lena Khalaf Tuffaha, Lia Purpura, Sonja Livingston, Marjorie Sandor, Kelli Russell Agodon, William Archilla, Rick Barot, Lory Bedikian, Jocko Benoit, Fleda Brown, Susan Campbell, Jeanne E. Clark, Madelyn Chen, Kevin Clark, Lindsay D'Andrea, David Daniel, Oliver de la Paz, Mai Der Vang, Stuart Dybek, Leila Farjami, Kevin Goodan, Alison Hawthorne Deming, Sean Hill, Jane Hirshfield, Cynthia Hogue, Erin Coughlin Hollowell, Kimberly Johnson, L.A. Johnson, Brian Komei Dempster, Douglas Manuel, Chloe Martinez, Cleopatra Mathis, Jennifer Militello, Triin Paja, Susanna J. Mishler, Hilda Raz, James Richardson, Alberto Ríos, Nicholas Samaras, William Pitt Root, Lis Sanchez, Elaine Sexton, Maurya Simon, Frank Soos, Brian Tierney, Pamela Uschuk ...

The Spring 2025 Issue. Ploughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Since 1971, Ploughshares has discovered and cultivated the freshest voices in contemporary American literature, and now provides readers with thoughtful and entertaining literature in a variety of formats. Find out why the New York Times named Ploughshares “the Triton among minnows.”The Spring 2025 Issue, edited by ... Read more

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The Spring 2025 Issue. Ploughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Since 1971, Ploughshares has discovered and cultivated the freshest voices in contemporary American literature, and now provides readers with thoughtful and entertaining literature in a variety of formats. Find out why the New York Times named Ploughshares “the Triton among minnows.”The Spring 2025 Issue, edited by
... Read more

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