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A Soft, Stunned Silence

by Michele Sharpe

Sound’s absence is lauded as powerful in the musing poetry collection "A Soft, Stunned Silence". David Moore’s contemplative poetry collection "A Soft, Stunned Silence" is about the relationships between sounds and shadows. Logical... Read More

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The Worst Fishing Dog Ever

by Kristen Rabe

Ron Dungan’s droll, engaging essay collection "The Worst Fishing Dog Ever" engages in quiet contemplation of fly-fishing in the Arizona backcountry. About fly-fishing excursions to remote streams, canyons, and lakes as remedies for... Read More

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Wildly Different

by Katy Keffer

An inspiring historical treatise, Sarah Lonsdale’s "Wildly Different" explores the unconventional lives of five women who defied limiting cultural norms to impact environmental causes. Mina Hubbard went on expedition in northern... Read More

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The Sound of Feathers

by Kristen Rabe

Emphasizing the importance of quiet observations of the natural world, Kathryn Gillespie’s probing, meditative nature book "The Sound of Feathers" is about human encounters with animals. The thoughtful essays address the ethics of... Read More

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Lambs in Winter

by Kristen Rabe

Alexis Lathem’s enchanting essay collection "Lambs in Winter" celebrates simplified living on the small farm where Lathem raises sheep and cultivates vegetables with her husband. Their rural three acres in Vermont structure their... Read More

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Alyte

by Peter Dabbene

An orphaned toad journeys through the natural world in the magnificent graphic novel "Alyte". Alyte is one of many eggs on his father’s back. When his father dies, he is thrown into a harsh but beautiful world. After meeting other... Read More

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