false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173296460m/269484.jpg 269484 1 Warning: This is not your parents' nature writing! A distinctly contemporary take on the genre, <i>A Leaky Tent Is a Piece of Paradise</i> features original essays by twenty gifted writers, all thirty and under, whose strong and diverse voices redefine nature writing for the twenty- first century. <br>Editor Bonnie Tsui's cast of accomplished contributors wrestle with integrating nature into daily life while putting down roots-- often in urban environments. Included here are <i>The New Yorker</i>'s Andrea Walker on learning to hunt with her father; noted fishing author and painter James Prosek on the mythology and mystery of eels; writer Hugh Ryan on being taught how to pitch a tent by a sixfoot drag queen at a Radical Faeries camp in Tennessee; poet Cecily Parks on reconciling her adventuress self with her fear of lightning; and African-American journalist Alex Kellogg on rethinking his ideas about race and identity on a visit to Kenya and Eritrea. <br>Theirs and the other writings in this collection illuminate questions about self and place, belonging and rootlessness, and the meeting of created and natural landscapes. Brimming with insight and humor, <i>A Leaky Tent Is a Piece of Paradise</i> rewards us with new perspectives on personal identity in relation to nature, and on the impact of landscape and place on our lives. 261230 1 4 2007 A Leaky Tent is a Piece of Paradise: 20 Young Writers on Finding a Place in the Natural World total:24|5:3|4:6|3:12|2:3| 24 81 58 10 3 0 false false Wed Aug 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 14:29:20 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 12:13:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Aug 12 08:03:53 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 08:05:38 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Apr 03 10:03:32 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 10:05:31 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri May 30 08:49:58 -0700 2008 Wed May 28 09:45:10 -0700 2008 Fri May 30 08:49:58 -0700 2008
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