Paula Whyman

Gebundenes Buch

Bad Naturalist

One Woman's Ecological Education on a Wild Virginia Mountaintop

Beschreibung

"With humor, humility, and awe, one woman attempts to restore 200 acres of farmland long gone-to-seed in the Blue Ridge Mountains, facing her own limitations while getting to know a breathtaking corner of the natural world."--

Autor

Paula Whyman’s first book of nonfiction is Bad Naturalist. Her earlier book, You May See a Stranger, is an award-winning linked short story collection. Her writing has also appeared in The Washington Post and The American Scholar, and in journals including McSweeney’s Quarterly,  Virginia Quarterly Review, Ploughshares, and The Hudson Review. She was awarded residencies by MacDowell, Yaddo, VCCA, The Studios of Key West, and Oak Spring Garden Foundation. Her work on this book was supported in part by the Maryland State Arts Council. She spends her time on a mountain in Virginia with her husband and a mercurial standard poodle. Visit Paula online at paulawhyman.com  

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Timber Press (OR)
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Januar 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 152mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9781643262178
• ISBN-10: 1643262173
• Artikelnr.: 70699644