Colors of Nature : Culture, Identity, and the Natural World ISBN: 9781571318145 Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / Milkweed Editions Digital rights:Users: Unlimited; Printing: Limited; Download: 7 Days at a Time Subjects: Science: General; Science; Science: Biology/ Natural History;
"An anthology of nature writing by people of color, providing deeply personal connections to--or disconnects from--nature." --NPR From African American to Asian American, indigenous to immigrant, "multiracial" to "mixed-blood," the diversity of cultures in this world is matched only by the diversity of stories explaining our cultural origins: stories of creation and destruction, displacement and heartbreak, hope and mystery.With writing from Jamaica Kincaid on the fallacies of national myths, Yusef Komunyakaa connecting the toxic legacy of his hometown, Bogalusa, LA, to a blind faith in capitalism, and bell hooks relating the quashing of multiculturalism to the destruction of nature that is considered "unpredictable"--among more than thirty-five other examinations of the relationship between culture and nature--this collection points toward the trouble of ignoring our cultural heritage, but also reveals how opening our eyes and our minds might provide a more livable future.Contributors: Elmaz Abinader, Faith Adiele, Francisco X. Alarcón, Fred Arroyo, Kimberly Blaeser, Joseph Bruchac, Robert D. Bullard, Debra Kang Dean, Camille Dungy, Nikky Finney, Ray Gonzalez, Kimiko Hahn, bell hooks, Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, Pualani Kanaka'ole Kanahele, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Jamaica Kincaid, Yusef Komunyakaa, J. Drew Lanham, David Mas Masumoto, Maria Melendez, Thyllias Moss, Gary Paul Nabhan, Nalini Nadkarni, Melissa Nelson, Jennifer Oladipo, Louis Owens, Enrique Salmon, Aileen Suzara, A. J. Verdelle, Gerald Vizenor, Patricia Jabbeh Wesley, Al Young, Ofelia Zepeda"This notable anthology assembles thinkers and writers with firsthand experience or insight on how economic and racial inequalities affect a person's understanding of nature . . . an illuminating read." -- Bloomsbury Review "[An] unprecedented and invaluable collection." -- Booklist
Lauret E. Savoy is a teacher, geologist, and writer. She has edited a number of books focused on human's interaction with the natural world and to one another. She currently serves as director of Mount Holyoke College's Center for the Environment.
Alison Hawthorne Deming has won numerous awards for her extensive poetry and creative nonfiction publications. She currently serves as Professor in Creative Writing at the University of Arizona.
