WRITERLY DEFINITIONS
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Language for an American Landscape
Barry Lopez & Debra Gwartney, eds.
(Trinity Press, 2006)
Contributors include Barbara Kingsolver, Emily Hiestand, Bill McKibben, Frank Burroughs, Gretel Erlich, and 40 other noted writers who focus on nature and culture.
Several of the entries can be read on this site.
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“A masterpiece”
“This visionary reference has revitalized a descriptive language for the American landscape by combining geography, literature, and folklore in one volume.”
"Tiny essays in the guise of definitions...a way of reclaiming the language." —The New York Times
”Cumulatively, the entries reveal the storied particulars of our continent — from the dreen tides of New England to the pingos of Alaska.”