Category Archives: Quotes and ‘definitions’

‘Writing of Place:’ Mark Tredinnick, in his anthology A Place on Earth, says, “This literature, which is, at its best, part science and part poetry, and passes on lessons—from the more-than-merely-human world, and from those who live intimately with it—about … Continue reading →

‘literary prose whose major inspiration and subject matter is the natural world, not necessarily excluding its significance for humans and/or their interactions with it.’- Guidelines for Wildcare Tasmania  Nature Writing Prize.

‘At best, the genre we call nature writing requires a rare mixture of scientist, philosopher, and poet. ‘–Edwin Way Teale in Green Treasury

In a booklet inside the cover of Leonard Cohen’s DVD+CD ‘Songs from the road’, Leon Wieseltier gives a brief essay on Cohen’s European tour (May 2008 – Nov 2009). Entitled ‘The Art of  Wandering’, it begins with a line I … Continue reading →