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Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1-57131-319-5
Pages: 408
Publish Date: Dec, 2011
Genre: Nonfiction
The Colors of Nature
Culture, Identity, and the Natural World
BY Lauret E. Savoy, Alison H. Deming
The provocative essays in The Colors of Nature exist at the intersection of cultural diversity and ecological awareness. featuring work from more than thirty contributors of widely diverse backgrounds—including Jamaica Kincaid, Yusef Komunyakaa, bell hooks, and Francisco X. Alarcón, among others—this anthology explores the relationship between culture and place, something historically overlooked in traditional environmental writing.
A unparalleled collection of essays that makes the case for greater multiculturalism in the environmental movement
Bracing, incisive, and profoundly illuminating, the essays collected here reassert the lasting value of one’s cultural heritage, and reveal how a wealth of perspectives is essential to building a livable future.
The Colors of Nature comes in four alternating-color covers: red, yellow, green, and blue.
“[An] unprecedented and invaluable collection of forthright and bracing essays by writers of diverse cultural origins and disciplinary backgrounds."
—Booklist“The Colors of Nature taps into the prose of writers of color in the largely white world of nature writing.”
—Publishers Weekly“An illuminating read for anyone interested in the future of American nature and environmental journalism.”
—Bloomsbury Review
