Nature Writing for Love of the Earth

Abstract

John Charles Ryan believes writing that takes nature seriously can mould our relationships to the living earth. Nature writing expresses the complexities between people and more-than-humans: wildflowers, whales, peregrines and all shapes and sizes of animate and inanimate nature between. Such writing can show what nature is to us: not a mere backdrop for human affairs but rather a place of dreams and drama, inspiration and excitation. Nature has a voice to share. If we listen closely, we can hear wisdom...