Archive for November 14, 2010
SETTLED INTO THE WILD by Susan Hand Shetterly
As the title suggests, this is a book about living close to nature, or rather, being a part of nature while cognizant of that important and salient fact. For, what more can we be reminded of, if not reminded that we are biology first? It is easy to forget that we are made of the salt of the sea and the grist the land, that atoms and molecules somehow cohere and survive and become…us. That is the delicate core of the quiet little book. We are of nature, let us not forget. The writing in this tradition is long and rich and deep. Henry David Thoreau to Audubon to Anne Dillard and E.O. Wilson–all master practitioners of the genre. And now Susan Hand Shetterly. She is in heady company and she belongs there. This book is spellbinding.
November 14, 2010
В· 
Judi Clark В· 
No Comments
Tags: Algonquin, Maine, Nonfiction В· Posted in: Nature, NE & New York, Non-fiction
