Reviews for What's Nature Worth?: Narrative Expressions of Environmental Values

The average rating for What's Nature Worth?: Narrative Expressions of Environmental Values based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-01-28 00:00:00 Brian Davis Fascinating interviews with prominent nature writers that reveals the differences in their styles, ideologies, and expectations of the loosely defined genre. In addition to interviews, each author is represented by an excerpt of their work, which provides a nice overview.

Review # 2 was written on 2009-01-22 00:00:00 Jeffery Paetz The used copy I'd ordered arrived in the morning mail -- wanted it in connection with a musing/essay I'm writing on "the work of hands the work of writing the work of making books." Hadn't a clue about the contents, now find I haven't been able to tear myself away from it. Terrific number of terrific poets, many whose work I hadn't read before, and will now track down to read more; many others whose work I had read some of but will now return to having seen this insight into their work; and others whose work I admire but had not come across in the context or writing about "work." One read so far I was moved by all over again -- and in homage to her, because it's not long but it stays a long time after reading it: Tess Gallagher's "I Stop Writing the Poem" -- I Stop Writing the Poem to fold the clothes. No matter who lives or who dies, I'm still a woman I'll always have plenty to do. I bring the arms of his shirt together. Nothing can stop our tenderness. I'll get back to the poem. I'll get back to being a woman. But for now there's a shirt, a giant shirt in my hands, and somewhere a small girl standing next to her mother watching to see how it's done. I highly recommend the collection -- it will be a companion as I write the essay, and beyond. Odd to return to this site today, when I'd decided this morning to begin writing every day about one of the books I have: a book a day. Might not finish reading it, but it would be taken from the shelf, given time and attention and my comments, a kind of conversation with it. I had thought 365 days of books, but now may emulate Scheherazade, my favorite storyteller, and aim for 1,001. Will enter brief comments here, longer think-pieces in my private notebooks.