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Creature needs : writers respond to the science of animal conservation / Christopher Kondrich, Lucy Spelman and Susan Tacent, editors.

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"Creature Needs is a polyvocal call to arms about animal extinction and habitat loss that harnesses the power of literature and scientific research to spur action and change. A collection of new literary works by prominent writers paired with excerpts from recent scientific articles that inspired and informed them, this innovative anthology engages the collaborative spirit and energy that is necessary to address the impact of humans on all other creatures on our planet"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781517918316
  • ISBN: 1517918316
  • Physical Description: 253 pages ; 20 cm.
  • Publisher: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2024]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:
New arts of conservation / Lucy Spelman -- What humans owe animals / Christopher Kondrich -- Six basic needs / Susan Tacent -- Fireflies / Charles Baxter -- Ishkode : of fires / Kimberly Blaeser -- Jump/scare / Thalia Field -- Vortex / Miranda Mellis -- Words at dawn break / Beth Piatote -- Consider the caribou / Eléna Rivera -- Orca oracle / Kazim Ali -- Wonderful / Annie Hartnett -- Prairie dog proceedings / Robin Mclean and Tim Sutton -- Swift foxes in Kansas grasses, five fields / Eleni Sikelianos --A single worker / Maggie Smith -- Fire sermon / Marco Wilkinson -- Transferability of turtles / Tina Cane -- Exodus / Ben Goldfarb -- Brackish / Hester Kaplan -- Where one thing begins / David Naimon -- On comedy night, the giant gartersnake fails at open mic / Alberto Ríos -- Three sonnets without a barrier reef / Craig Santos Perez -- Keystone species / Sharma Shields -- Mammalian / David Baker -- Johnny Cottontail / Aimee Bender -- For Pediddle / Ching-In Chen -- American pika / Sean Hill -- The sublime is a foreign species / Sofia Samatar -- S / Claire Wahmanholm -- A simulated chance is not a real chance / Oni Buchanan -- Ahí viene el lobo / Mónica De La Torre -- Senses / Tongo Eisen-Martin -- Maintenance of a functional ecological network / Rajiv Mohabir -- Poet reads science paper on natal dispersal / Rena Priest -- The bison way of making things right / Juliana Spahr -- Flight paths / Jodie Noel Vinson -- Company we keep / Mary-Kim Arnold -- Home range / Ramona Ausubel -- Blood price / DonikaKelly -- Ancient music / Kyoko Mori -- proximal influence / Asiya Wadud -- Restoration challenges / Jane Wong.
Subject: Wildlife conservation.
Literature and science.

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