Synopses & Reviews
This is a collection of the best essays, stories, and interviews from Terra Nova, the cutting-edge literary journal. 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 to 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 Isle fights with a wild turkey; see who wins. And find out why filmmaker Errol Morris thinks that human dreamers are the most endangered species around.
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"Finds unexpected ways to heal the split between nature and culture."
— Publishers Weekly
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andquot;A magical anthology.andquot;
andmdash;Utne Reader
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"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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"Finds unexpected ways to heal the split between nature and culture."
— Publishers Weekly
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"A magical anthology."
— Utne Reader
Synopsis
This is a collection of the best essays, stories, and interviews from
About the Author
David Rothenberg is Professor of Philosophy at the New Jersey Institute of Technology and founder of the Terra Nova book series. His most recent books are Always the Mountains and Sudden Music: Improvisation, Art and Nature.Marta Ulvaeus is former Associate Director of Terra Nova projects at the New Jersey Institute of Technology.
Table of Contents
Prologue: the Terra nova dream / David Rothenberg -- D.B. Cooper, where are you now? / John P. O'Grady -- From A philosophy of clean / D.L. Pughe -- Will the real Chief Seattle please speak up?: an interview with Ted Perry / David Rothenberg -- Light / C.T. Lawrence -- Power, protest, and factory fumes / Bikram Narayan Nanda and Mohammad Talib -- Being prey / Val Plumwood -- Tuna country / Charles Bowden -- Ruby crystal squid dancing on the rings of Saturn: an interview with Jaron Lanier / David Rothenberg -- Wild turkey / Ray Isle -- Romania / Rick Bass -- Silver fragments of broken mirrors / Mariana Kawall Leal Ferreira -- If the raven should croak before I wake / Gary Nabhan -- Outside the cage is the cage: an interview with Errol Morris / David Rothenberg -- Me and mom and the bioregion / Jerry Martien -- The scenic route / Kartik Shanker -- Parlor game / John Farris -- Epilogue: places in the wild / David Rothenberg.