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December 1999
253 pp., 37 illus.
(CLOTH)
Trade

ISBN-10:
0-262-18195-9
ISBN-13:
978-0-262-18195-2

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Table of Contents
The New Earth Reader
The Best of Terra Nova
Edited by David Rothenberg and Marta Ulvaeus

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.

About the Editors

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.


Reviews

"Finds unexpected ways to heal the split between nature and culture."
Publishers Weekly

"A magical anthology."
Utne Reader



Endorsements

"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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