The Sounds at River’s Edge is a fondly shared, honest memoir that glances back at simpler times that were anything but dull. The autobiographical essays of Bobbie J. McLaren’s The Sounds at River’s Edge cover an idyllic 1950s... Read More

Maureen Dunphy’s memoir-in-essays, "Divining", conveys a lifelong love of trees and the feelings of sanctuary that they provide. Throughout Dunphy’s lifetime, trees have inspired her, comforted her, and connected her to the natural... Read More

"A Darker Wilderness" is a remarkable collection of essays regarding generational experiences of the natural world. These ten essays expand the boundaries of nature writing with emotive narratives from brown, Black, and queer... Read More

Forthright and poetic, "The Nature of Spring" belongs to a quartet of Scottish nature writer Jim Crumley’s books. Heading into the Highlands and islands in “the backward spring of 2018,” Crumley pursued customary signs and... Read More

It may feel like extinction stories dominate the discourse, but environmental philosopher Christopher J. Preston elects to focus on positive trajectories in "Tenacious Beasts", a heartening roster of rewilding projects and spontaneous... Read More

Marveling at Earth’s tiny creatures who evolved over millions of years, this informative picture book shrinks its perspective down to penny-size and traipses through the world of insects—some of whom crawl across the dirt; some of... Read More

Woylies, jerboas, and other creatures populate Tracey Hecht’s winsome Nocturnals companion The Nocturnals Explore: Unique Adaptations of Nighttime Animals. Dawn, a red fox, invites her friends Tobin the pangolin and Bismark the sugar... Read More

In 2013, Indigenous botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer released the bestselling Braiding Sweetgrass, a blend of scientific study and memoir that proposed complementing Western ecological ideas with Indigenous ideologies and practices. Monique... Read More