Author: John Milton License: In the public domain. February 1992 Project Gutenberg release. Original Publication Date: 1667 Excerpt from Book V His wonder was to find unwakened Eve With tresses discomposed, and glowing cheek, As through unquiet rest: He, on his side Leaning half raised, with looks of cordial love […]
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Author: Upton Sinclair License: In the public domain Original Publication Date: 1906 *Warning: May Contain Graphic Material* Excerpt from Chapter 2 One could not stand and watch very long without becoming philosophical, without beginning to deal in symbols and similes, and to hear the hog squeal of the universe. Was […]
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Back to the series In this portion of our climate change spotlight series, which began last October, we’ll look at Ursula K. Le Guin, a favorite author of mine since I was a young teenager, particularly after I read The Left Hand of Darkness for a class, and then began […]
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Cory Doctorow (craphound.com) is a science fiction author, activist, journalist and blogger―the co-editor of Boing Boing and the author of the bestselling Little Brother, which was recently optioned by Paramount, with Don Murphy (Natural Born Killers, Transformers) producing. He is the former European director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and […]
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Authors: © Randal Eldon Greene Publisher: Harvard Square Editions Publication Date: November 22, 2016 Type: Fiction Ordering: Amazon Social Media: Author website, Facebook, Twitter, Reviews, Goodreads, Press Kit\ Back to the Dragonfly Library As a child, I shinnied the coarse trunks of trees, carrying a book in a backpack or […]
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Authors: © Annis Pratt Publisher: Iuniverse Publication Date: May 20, 2010 Type: Fiction – Series Social Media: Author website, LinkedIn, Amazon author page, Facebook, Twitter Note: We’ll be posting the series excerpts one at a time in the next several months. Part IV is being published by Moon Willow Press […]
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The Hopper is a lively environmental literary magazine from Green Writers Press. The poetry, fiction, nonfiction, visual art, ecocriticism, and interviews that they publish are all paths towards an invigorated understanding of nature’s place in human life and are part of a new phase in nature writing and art that […]
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Authors: © Kate Brandes Publisher: Wyatt-MacKenzie Publishing Publication Date: April 22, 2017 (Earth Day) Type: Fiction Social Media: Author website, Facebook, Twitter Back to the Dragonfly Library Excerpts A brand new black pickup was parked between LeeAnn’s red Chevy and Jack’s old beater. A man stood beside it, with his […]
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Back to the series Kim Stanley Robinson is an award-winning author of literary and science fiction; he is widely known for his realism in fiction since he bases his stories on modern scientific theories. He is known for carefully researching climate and other sciences while planning his stories. His academic […]
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Authors: © Donna Mulvenna, Jessica Groenendijk, and Margi Prideaux Publisher: Stormbird Press Publication Date: February 2017 Type: Nonfiction Ordering: Free e-book available from Donna Mulvenna, Jessica Groenendijk, and Margi Prideaux Where Journeys Begin (Introduction) Some believe the natural world is our real home. The place where we came from. Could […]
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Title: Our National Parks Author: John Muir Publication: In the public domain. Originally: “In this book, made up of sketches first published in the Atlantic Monthly, I have done the best I could to show forth the beauty, grandeur, and all-embracing usefulness of our wild mountain forest reservations and parks, […]
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Author: © Ned Tillman Publication Date: 2014 Type: Nonfiction Ordering: Amazon Social Media: Amazon Author Page, Author Website, Facebook, LinkedIn Prologue to Saving the Places we Love First Loss The man who is angered by nothing cares about nothing. — Edward Abbey Good Endeavor Farm, 1962 — I woke […]
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Author: © Don Ogden Publisher/Ordering: Levellers Press Publication Date: October 5, 2016 Type: Poetry and Prose Social Media: Blog – Website Bad Atmosphere this is not what it was supposed to be how many fields ago, clear blue and clouds billowing and soft breeze, dancing leaves us wondering if […]
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Author: © Donelle Dreese Publisher: Moon Willow Press Publication Date: April 22, 2017 Type: Novel Ordering: Contact for free review copy Social Media: Website – Twitter Back to the Dragonfly Library If people knew the truth about me, they would say a dark force found me and taught me how […]
Read MoreEco-fiction.com’s curator Mary Woodbury will be on a panel on Earth Day, at Vancouver Public Library, that will talk about storytelling and narratives on climate change found in science and literary arts. Also in attendance will be Claudia Casper, Ehlam Zaminpaima, and Deborah Harford. Details to come later. Also that […]
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