The New Earth Reader: The Best of "Terra Nova": The Best of Terra Nova (Terra Nova Books) - Hardcover

Rothenberg, David

9780262181952: The New Earth Reader: The Best of "Terra Nova": The Best of Terra Nova (Terra Nova Books)

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ISBN 10: 0262181959 ISBN 13: 9780262181952

Publisher: MIT Press, 2000

This is a collection of the best essays, stories and interviews from "Terra Nova", the cutting-edge literary journal of environmentalism. It explores the complex and multifarious ways humanity is loose in the natural world. Find out who really wrote the famous Chief Seattle speech. Read why Jaron Lanier wants to turn us all into giant squid so we can talk to one another without language. Rick Bass travels the country with the most grizzly bears per square mile: Romania. Gary Nabhan dreams of raven stew. Val Plumwood is half-swallowed by a crocodile and lives to tell the tale and affirm her vegetarianism. Charles Bowden enters Tuna Country in Mexico and struggles to find his way back across the border. Ray Morris thinks that human dreamers are the most endangered species around.

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"A magical anthology."-- Utne Reader< br /> " A magical anthology." -- Utne Reader " Finds unexpected ways to heal the split between nature and culture." -- Publishers Weekly " THE NEW EARTH READER blends high adventure, bold philosophy, subtle humor, and remarkable irony all in the service of revealing the depths of human/nature relationships. Among these stories, essays, and interviews is some of the most creative writing about nature that you will ever encounter." -- Mitchell Thomashow, author of Ecological Identity & quot; A magical anthology.& quot; -- Utne Reader & quot; Finds unexpected ways to heal the split between nature and culture.& quot; -- Publishers Weekly & quot; THE NEW EARTH READER blends high adventure, bold philosophy, subtle humor, and remarkable irony all in the service of revealing the depths of human/nature relationships. Among these stories, essays, and interviews is some of the most creative writing about nature that you will ever encounter.& quot; -- Mitchell Thomashow, author of Ecological Identity "A magical anthology." -- Utne Reader "THE NEW EARTH READER blends high adventure, bold philosophy, subtle humor, and remarkable irony all in the service of revealing the depths of human/nature relationships. Among these stories, essays, and interviews is some of the most creative writing about nature that you will ever encounter."--Mitchell Thomashow, author of Ecological Identity "A magical anthology." " "Finds unexpected ways to heal the split between nature and culture."-- "Publishers Weekly" "A magical anthology."-- "Utne Reader" ""The New Earth Reader" blends high adventure, bold philosophy, subtle humor, and remarkable irony all in the service of revealing the depths of human/nature relationships. Among these stories, essays, and interviews is some of the most creative writing about nature that you will ever encounter."--Mitchell Thomashow, author of "Ecological Identity"

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