At Home on the Earth

by Barnhill, David Landis

• ISBN13: 9780520214835
• ISBN10: 0520214838
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-06-01
• Publisher: Univ of California Pr

Summary

Today's most important writers and thinkers address the issue of nature and the need for finding a sense of home and nativeness in relation to the land-- a major work in the ongoing discussion over the importance of simplicity and serenity in our frenetic age.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction, David Landis Barnhill

Living in place Americans Native to this

The Loss of Place fromA Native Hill,Wendell Berry Touching the earth, bell hooks Shadows and Vistas, John Haines

The Possibility of Place fromA Native Hill,Wendell Berry Settliing Down, Scott Rissell Sanders fromThe Place, the Region, and the Commons,Gary Snyder The Hudon River Valley: A BioregionalStory, Thomas Berry

Native Cultures and the Search for Place Becoming Meacute;tis, Melissa Nelson A Sprig of Sage, terry Tempest Williams The Gifts of Deer

Place to live Homesteading fromThe Writer as Alaskan: Beginnings and Reflections,John Haines

Ranching The Subtlety of the Land, Sharon Butala A Storm, the Cornfield, and Elk, Gretel Ehrlich The Smooth Skull of Winter, Gretel Ehrlich

Farming Learning to Fail, David Mas Masumoto fromA Country year: Living the Questions,Sue Hubbell

Living Between City and Country On Willow Creek, Rick Bass Ceremonial Time, John Hanson Mitchell Into the Maze, Robert Finch

Urban Living Water under American Ground: West 78th Street, Peter Sauer fromThis Place on Earth: Home and the Practice of Permanence,Alan Thein Durning Nothing Lasts a Hundred Years, Richard Rodriguez Fantsasy of a Living Future, Sarhawk

Coda The Rediscovery of Turtle Island, Gary Snyder The Universe Responds: Or, How I Learned We Can Have Peace on Earth, Alice Walker Dwellings, Linda Hogan

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