Louise Erdrich’s Four Souls (2004)

2021-07-01T08:55:47-04:00

As with Tracks, the primary voices in Four Souls are Fleur's and Nanapush's. So, although it was published more than ten years later, I opted to read Four Souls next, to keep these characters fresher in mind and heart, hoping for a deeper understanding. Two other women play significant roles

Louise Erdrich’s Four Souls (2004)2021-07-01T08:55:47-04:00

In the Wake: Books which Suit RIP X

2024-05-31T19:04:12-04:00

In the past, I've made large stacks of creepy reading with the RIP challenges in mind, but I  have a habit of stacking up many lovely possibilities but then choosing different books altogether later on. Perhaps this is partly because books can surprise you and take you in unexpected directions.

In the Wake: Books which Suit RIP X2024-05-31T19:04:12-04:00

Sarah Hall’s The Wolf Border (2015)

2015-07-03T09:27:42-04:00

It's an old term, 'wolf border', from the Finnish language: susiraja. The boundary betweent the capital region and the rest of the country: everything which lies beyond the border is wilderness. HarperCollins, 2015 Certainly Rachel does have to explain a lot about her scientific work with wolves beyond the

Sarah Hall’s The Wolf Border (2015)2015-07-03T09:27:42-04:00

Theresa Kishkan’s Mnemonic: A Book of Trees (2011)

2020-10-20T09:32:24-04:00

Like Sharon Butala in Perfection of the Morning (1994) and Candace Savage in The Geography of Blood (2012), Theresa Kishkan explores the relationship between landscape and memory. Goose Lane Editions, 2011 The essays in Mnemonic are titled in two ways, first with the Latin name for a tree

Theresa Kishkan’s Mnemonic: A Book of Trees (2011)2020-10-20T09:32:24-04:00

Saving the Owls: Who Knew

2014-03-09T18:39:09-04:00

Admittedly, I chose There's an Owl in the Shower because I had read Jean Craighead George's classic My Side of the Mountain. I knew of her reputation for including ecological and environmental themes in the stories she has written for children. But when I realized that it had been published in

Saving the Owls: Who Knew2014-03-09T18:39:09-04:00
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