Warning: This is not your parents' nature writing A distinctly contemporary take on the genre, "A Leaky Tent Is a Piece of Paradise" features orig...
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Jan 06, 2010
Rashaan
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Every year, if one's lucky enough to call themselves a Composition instructor she is tasked with the Herculean challenge of hooking classrooms full of incoming freshman into the written word. We feel as if we have one shot and one shot only to bait and reel these squirrely minds into the power of language. The bait used this fall was the Sierra Club's latest collection A Leaky Tent is a Piece of Paradise: 20 Young Writers on Finding a Place in the Natural World, edited by Bonnie Tsui. From explo
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Aug 17, 2009
Monica
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I didn't finish it, but I probably won't read all of the essays in here. Particularly liked the ones on the boy who lived outside his parents' house in a tent, the self-described sissy who goes camping (at the Radical Faerie sanctuary in Tennessee) for the first time, and the man who swam from Alcatraz to SF.
I skipped several of the essays, though -- just couldn't get into them.
I skipped several of the essays, though -- just couldn't get into them.
Aug 12, 2009
cece
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this only gets two stars because there are about two stories in this that are worthwhile reading. The rest reads like badly coached high school english essays.
Apr 03, 2009
Kate
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I really enjoyed this book - especially the essay about the canoe trip to the Arctic.
May 30, 2008
Cynthia
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I liked how it was about people relating to nature even in places the most distanced from it, but the writing was somewhat a deal breaker for me. High quality teen essays are still teen essays and as a result a lot of them had that college-admission-essay feel to it that seemed strained.
Still an excellent collection though, even though I didn't appreciate it myself, and definitely worth checking out if you are interested in this sort of nature writing at all.
Still an excellent collection though, even though I didn't appreciate it myself, and definitely worth checking out if you are interested in this sort of nature writing at all.
Sep 17, 2007
Lisa
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This book is lighthearted, and perfect for how I'm feeling about nature and the world right now. There's so much beauty and adventure out there that we just need to get out and see, do, touch, feel!
Mar 15, 2010
Tim
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Being a total outdoors geek, this was a great book. There were some stories I liked better than others. For the most part though, they all had merit. A must read for fellow outdoor geeks.
Jan 15, 2008
Lauren
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a great anthology of travel writing all by people under the age of 30-- no flashy hotels, tons of cash, or safety nets involved.
Sep 02, 2007
The SN&R Arts Editor, Jonathan Kiefer, has a piece in here...And he missed the Level 1 workshop to do a public reading from it. :)
Jun 10, 2008
LINDA
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This book is a compilation of short stories by 20 different young writers.
I will report more when I have finished.
I will report more when I have finished.
Jul 31, 2010
Jenny
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Really loving this book right now! I think I may have to purchase it once I'm finished!
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