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Highlights
- "Re-centers and gives voice to a diversity of women naturalists and writers across time.
- About the Author: Kathryn Aalto is an American landscape designer, historian, writer, and lecturer living in Exeter, England.
- 288 Pages
- Literary Criticism, Women Authors
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About the Book
Writing Wild, by New York Times-bestselling author Kathryn Aalto, explores the lasting impact of 25 women writers whose pens have left an indelible mark on the world of nature writing.Book Synopsis
"Re-centers and gives voice to a diversity of women naturalists and writers across time." --Cultivating Place
In Writing Wild, Kathryn Aalto celebrates 25 women whose influential writing helps deepen our connection to and understanding of the natural world. These inspiring wordsmiths are scholars, spiritual seekers, conservationists, scientists, novelists, and explorers. They defy easy categorization, yet they all share a bold authenticity that makes their work both distinct and universal. Part travel essay, literary biography, and cultural history, Writing Wild ventures into the landscapes and lives of extraordinary writers and encourages a new generation of women to pick up their pens, head outdoors, and start writing wild.Review Quotes
"What a joy to travel these paths alongside Kathryn Aalto and such fierce, trailblazing, and perceptive women." --Sarah L. Kaufman, Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post critic and author of The Art of Grace
"An impassioned and illuminating anthology that serves as an act of recovery and discovery, a personal celebration, and a timely reminder of the wealth and sheer power of women's voices." --Rob Cowen, author of Common Ground "Kathryn Aalto brilliantly braids engaging personal narrative with accessible literary biography, to take readers on an inspiring pilgrimage." --Michael P. Branch, author of Rants from the Hill and How to Cuss in Western "An amazing, rich resource that rises above visions of conquest and domination to reveal the possibility of meeting eye-to-eye with wildness, and of being broken open and changed." --Foreword "This book is a wonderful jumping-off point for anyone who loves the outdoors and wants to know more about the many talented female writers who have made it their work's focus." --BookPage "A fantastic resource for readers looking to grow their TBR piles." --The Los Angeles Times "Exciting, inspiring, intimidating, and bold." --San Francisco Book Review "A luminous collection of mini-biographies of female nature writers past and present. Beautifully illustrated by Gisela Goppel, Aalto's book champions historical figures like Rachel Carson and Vita Sackville-West, and contemporary writers like Rebecca Solnit and Robin Wall Kimmerer. She makes a point of including Indigenous and Black female authors, ending each chapter with a list of (even) further reading to explore." --Shelf Awareness "A heartening book, granting attention to women who dared to write and ramble wild." --BBC Countryfile "This fine and thoughtful book puts these remarkable women writers right smack bang in to focus where they belong--as key shapers of how we see the natural world." --James Rebanks, author of The Shepherd's Life "Writing Wild is an illuminating examination of voices often pushed to the side, challenging the canon of nature writing as it stands. It's a book I'll keep on the shelf--I'm certain I'll return to it often." --Buzzfeed Books "Writing Wild re-centers and gives voice to a diversity of women naturalists and writers across time. It charts often un-heard women's voices in naturalist writing-from long-dead women such as Dorothy Wordsworth and Gene Stratton Porter to more contemporary voices such as Gretel Ehrlich, Leslie Marmon Silko, Lauret Savoy, and Camille Dungy." --Cultivating Place"Writing Wild celebrates 25 women who opened the door to the outside and led readers through it." --The Jefferson Exchange "A succinct introduction to women nature writers, this elegant compilation should have a broad reach and inspire readers to seek out more about the authors featured... Aalto writes in an easy, friendly style that makes readers feel as if they are walking the paths of these women with her." --Library Journal "A great bibliographic source of the works by women that have written about nature." --The New Jersey Mycological Association "Writing Wild celebrates women who did not let gender inhibit them. With Nature being an intrinsic part in their lives, this is a fascinating read." --Friday Magazine "A fresh perspective on connecting with and understanding the natural world. So many (s)heroes." --The Seattle Times
About the Author
Kathryn Aalto is an American landscape designer, historian, writer, and lecturer living in Exeter, England. She has master's degrees in garden history and creative nonfiction with a particular interest in literary landscapes. Before her expat life, she taught American Literature of Nature and Place in the Pacific Northwest. She is a member of the Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment, the Garden Writers Association, and the Garden History Society. Her website is kathrynaalto.com.Dimensions (Overall): 8.0 Inches (H) x 6.0 Inches (W) x .8 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.0 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 288
Genre: Literary Criticism
Sub-Genre: Women Authors
Publisher: Timber Press (OR)
Format: Paperback
Author: Kathryn Aalto
Language: English
Street Date: June 23, 2020
TCIN: 79514107
UPC: 9781604699272
Item Number (DPCI): 247-36-5499
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Robin Gold - 5 years ago
In this book, author Kathryn Aalto celebrates 25 women writers who have contributed to our understanding of the natural world. Scholars, conservationists, essay writers, explorers and more... each of these women have added to our connection with nature in their own unique ways through hundreds of years of history. Part biography, part travel essay, Writing Wild guides the reader through the lives of these writers and the legacy they left behind, and encourages the next generation of women to continue.
Writing Wild introduced me to a whole new genre. Many of these female writers were new to me, although some I'd met in history before. Still Aalto does a wonderful job of adding the details needed to see them as whole women and their unique place in literature. Aalto does a wonderful job of introducing the environment in which each of these writers would have been immersed. She takes the reader on a journey of highlighting each woman's contributions to history while allowing their own voices to shine through. Writing Wild would make a delightful read for anyone interested in women's history, or environmental issues.
*Disclaimer: I received a free copy of this book from the publisher. All opinions are my own.