Elsie Bovary is a cow, and a pretty happy one at that—her long, lazy days are spent eating, napping, and chatting with her best friend, Mallory. One night, Elsie and Mallory sneak out of their pasture; but while Mallory is interested in flirting with the neighboring bulls, Elsie finds herself […]
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Birdbrain, Virginia Arthur
Only field biologists or people-of-the-field can truly understand what it is like to see a planet in decline so for birders, botanists, ecologists, field biologists, other ‘ologists, this is a must-read. For environmental activists, active or burned out, depressed, and/or holed-up somewhere with a fifth of whiskey, this is a […]
Read MoreMermaids in Paradise, Lydia Millet
Click here for a review at Salon. On the grounds of a Caribbean island resort, newlyweds Deb and Chip—our opinionated, skeptical narrator and her cheerful jock husband who’s friendly to a fault—meet a marine biologist who says she’s sighted mermaids in a coral reef. Goodreads Reviews Back to GoodReads
Read MoreWrite Naked, Peter Gould
A strikingly original debut novel that introduces two storytellers with different kinds of tales: one—in Victor’s unforgettable voice—a quirky, contemporary love story; the other—by Rose Anna—an ecological fantasy featuring a tiny heroic newt. Together, the teens explore the possibility of connections – to one another, the woods outside, and the […]
Read MoreLove in the Time of Climate Change, Brian Adams
While navigating the zaniness of teaching Casey leads a rag-tag bunch of climate activists, lusts after one of his students, and smokes a little too much pot. Quirky, socially awkward and adolescent- acting, our climate change obsessed hero muddles his way through saving the world while desperately searching for true […]
Read MoreThe Wallcreeper, Nell Zink
This is strange, and interesting, but in between is some writing about marriage, love, fidelity, Europe, and saving the earth that is as funny and as grown-up as anything I’ve read in years. -Keith Gessen See FlavorWire for more. Goodreads Reviews Back to GoodReads
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