by Christi Leman | Jul 13, 2026 | Review
The Science of Last Things Essays on Deep Time and the Boundaries of the Self The Science of Last ThingsBy Ellen Wayland-Smith208 pp. Milkweed Editions, $18.00Released October 2024 The essays in Ellen Wayland-Smith’s collection The Science of Last...
by Michele Broadbent Walker | Jun 16, 2026 | Review
What It Means to Be Seen by a Bear and Other Thoughts from The Season of Birds and Stones The Season of Birds and Stones: Essaysby Yelizaveta P. Renfro200 pp. University of Georgia Press, $24.95Released March 2026 “Perhaps the first rule of everything we...
by Gwen Rich | Jun 2, 2026 | Review
Ferocious and Featherlight Pondering Womanhood in Yoke & Feather Yoke & FeatherBy Jessie Van Eerden212 pp. Dzanc Books, $17.95Released November 2024 Jessie Van Eerden’s Yoke and Feather explores what it means to be a woman of faith without...
by Meimi Teeples | May 5, 2026 | Review
Dispersals On Plants, Borders and Belonging Dispersals: On Plants, Borders and BelongingBy Jessica J. Lee288 pp. Catapult, $26.95Released March 2024 In Dispersals: On Plants, Borders and Belonging, Jessica J. Lee meditates on the various processes and...
by Natalie Johansen | Mar 20, 2026 | Review
Flock and Family A Review of Helen Whybrow’s The Salt Stones: Seasons of a Shepherd’s Life The Salt StonesBy Helen Whybrow304 pp. Harper Collins, $26.00Released June 2025 When I think of creative nonfiction focused on nature and seasons, my mind goes...
by Michael Copperman | Mar 10, 2026 | Review
A Little Blue Cabin on the Iowa River Finding a Home ‘that Carries You Forward’ Off Izaak Walton RoadBy Laura Julier272 pp. University of New Mexico Press, $19.95Released March 2025 Laura Julier’s Off Izaak Walton Road is an extraordinary memoir in which the...
