Edited by Linda Hogan, Deena Metzger, and Brenda Peterson.
Intimate Nature: The Bond Between Women and Animals
"A celebration of compassion . . . Women are opening new ways of communicating with and understanding the animal world." -The Seattle Times
Now that more women writers and scientists are making animals the subject
of their investigations, important new ideas are emerging, based on the premise
that animals are honored co-sharers of the earth. In the distinctive anthology,
Intimate Nature: The Bond Between Women and Animals, editors Linda Hogan, Deena
Metzger, and Brenda Peterson have gathered the work of the best women nature writers
and of women field scientists who write about the special moments they have shared
with the animals they study. Among them are Annie Dillard, Jane Goodall, Temple
Grandin, Barbara Kingsolver, Alice Walker, Terry Tempest Williams, and a host
of others. These women reveal depths of awareness and emotion in their connections
with animals that so many of us so often forget exist. This anthology reminds
us that animals speak to us, through us, and with us. They come to us, not only
in our dreams, but in our lives. In this era when so many animals are endangered,
we need to remember and understand their lives and their many languages. Intimate
Nature is the first book of its kind -- a celebration, a lament, and an urgent
wake-up call for us to engage once again the ancient and sacred dialogue between
the species.
Reviewed by Christine Carr
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