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This anthology is a collection of conserved lands from across the North American continent. Each of 10 chapters contains poems, photos, and information about actual conserved properties from a land conservation organization. They celebrate the beauty and value of lands of all kinds including forests, islands, farms, and shorelines. Explore lands you've not yet seen, or re-explore familiar territory through art. Either way, we hope you are inspired.

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"If we could carry our landscapes in a book, this anthology is what we'd hold. Writing the Land: Channels is an invitation to deepen our understanding of our planet and its sacred spaces. It is a celebration of the splendor that surrounds us, illuminating aspects of the environment and its history that might lie just beyond our current awareness. As Sean Prentiss reminds us, All we need to do is step aside / and let this world grow wild. -Kelli Russell Agodon, author of Dialogues with Rising Tides (Copper Canyon Press) This most recent collection from the Writing The Land series: Channels, uses the poetry and photography of over 50 artists to guide us across the US. Though the noun channel implies a predetermined route to an expected destination, unexpected surprises pop up when poets leap into verb and channel their observations, as Henry Walters writes in ""Collective Nouns"" Whatever the night has in mind/is hidden by the brow of the hill. Almost all these preserves are the result of grass roots organization, so perhaps the polarization media speaks of exists more in its artificial dimension. Here is another America-in these places-so painstakingly preserved. What you think you'll remember pivots /on a tree swallow's glinting wing writes Kristin Berger. These pages are full of such pivots. -Rodger Martin, writer and co-editor, The Granite State Poetry Series Written for the nature lover and the poetry lover, Channels raises awareness of the need to honor, respect, and protect our natural green spaces, and inspires us to get outdoors and experience their beauty. A unique collection of nature-inspired poetry by authors who really give you a sense of their awe and passion for the outdoors. In each poem I felt like I was there in person taking in the surroundings, and sharing the authors' inspiration. -Noel A. Figueroa, Author of One Man's Journey, Founder of Poets With Purpose"

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Lis McLoughlin, PhD is founder and director of NatureCulture LLC, and the Writing the Land project. She publishes the Writing the Land anthologies and other books, and produces events such as the online Authors and Artists Festival. nature-culture.net writingtheland.org Scott Chaskey is a poet, farmer, and educator. For 30 years he cultivated crops and community at Quail Hill Farm, Amagansett, N.Y., one of the original CSA's in the country. Past President of NOFA-NY, he was honored as Farmer-of-the Year in 2013. He has served as a founding Board member for three not-for-profits focused on land equity and social justice, and has traveled widely as a writer and speaker. He is the author of This Common Ground (Viking), Seedtime (Rodale), Stars are Suns (Stoneman), and most recently Soil and Spirit (Milkweed Editions).

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