| The Hopes of Snakes: And Other Tales from the Urban Landscape Contributor(s): Couturier, Lisa (Author) |
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ISBN: 0807085650 ISBN-13: 9780807085653 Publisher: Beacon Press OUR PRICE: $15.84 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2006 Annotation: In The Hopes of Snakes, Lisa Couturier brings together the best of her essays on urban and suburban nature throughout the Northeast, from Washington, DC, to Boston. Her sharp eye and deep humanity have found what is remarkable in city nature and illuminated it for readers like no one before her. "Couturier's essays shine with her candor, her perception, and her affection for the creatures of our world. Whether the subject is a snake or a falcon or a crow named Edgar, these essays will both enlighten and give much reading pleasure." --Mary Oliver "Couturier enters the terrain staked out by Annie Dillard in Pilgrim at Tinker Creek and Terry Tempest Williams in Refuge. In these moving essays, Couturier does not so much domesticate the wilderness as reveal the wildness within the domestic." --Publishers Weekly "In her mastery of the essay as an expressive form, and in the power and sincerity of her thinking, Couturier has established herself as the literary equal of such contemporary luminaries as Linda Hogan, Diane Ackerman and Barbara Kingsolver." --John A. Murray, editor of the American Nature Writing series Lisa Couturier's essays have appeared in literary anthologies, including the well-regarded American Nature Writing series and National Geographic's Heart of a Nation. She has worked as an environmental journalist and a magazine editor. She writes and teaches in the Washington, DC, area, where she lives along the Potomac River. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Essays - Science | Life Sciences - Zoology - General |
| Dewey: 591.756 |
| Physical Information: 0.43" H x 5.58" W x 8.52" (0.42 lbs) 176 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 102564 Reading Level: 8.0 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 10.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In The Hopes of Snakes, Lisa Couturier celebrates the stories of forgotten, overlooked animals who have adapted nobly to city and suburban life in the Northeast. With sharp perception and deep humanity, she has found what is so remarkable in the nature we see most often and illuminated it like no one before her. The Hopes of Snakes is an eloquent and powerful debut by one of the best new writers exploring nature in the humanized landscape. |