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How to properly use a semicolon (wink, wink) #writingquotes #writingcommunity #amwriting #writingtips #adviceforwriters #writingadvice https://lnkd.in/gRd7BnmP

A children's book I can recommend to all ages....#bookreview #book #insects

Whether you’re enjoying sun-soaked days in the North, or are wrapped up and cozy down South, we’ve got your reading needs covered. Here are seven HAS-related reading recommendations that the ASI team are sure you’ll enjoy! #HumanAnimalStudies #SummerReads #BookList

I had a great time selling the book The Search for the Giant Squid (Lyons Press) by Richard Ellis. It was only years later that they actually filmed a giant squid in the wild. He was a good writer, a very good artist, and an excellent educator about marine life, including sharks, whales, tuna, and squid. We set him up with bookstore and museum talks. And the book was reviewed in the New York Times Book Review with a headline that read "The Big Calamari." RIP. #publishing #bookpublishing #bookmarketing #naturebooks #sciencebooks #publishingindustry #newyorktimesbookreview #giantsquid

Following up on my last post, I'm excited to share that I have written a complete book review on ‘Where the Crawdads Sing’ and published it in the form of a blog. 📚✨ In this comprehensive review, I explore the intriguing insights, character briefs and my personal takeaways from the book. It consists of a detailed book summary and a comparison of the book with its movie. Whether you're an avid reader or just looking for your next great read, I hope my review helps you discover something new and thought-provoking. Check out the full review here: 📖 https://lnkd.in/dEMtCER9 Peace ✌ #bookreview #bookrecommendation #readingcommunity #Literature

“What was once a space of morning meals and coffee breaks between two lovers now held as much life as the Dead Sea.” Read IALA member René Zadoorian’s short story, The Roach 🪳, published in The Penmen Review! Tap the link 🔗 below to learn more! #armenianliterary #IALA #armenian #literature #storytelling #magazine #writing #writerscommunity #shortstory #armenianwriters #books #publishing

Last night I listened to Krista Tippett’s conversation with Janine Benyus and Azita Ardakani Walton about biomimicry in the On Being episode “On Nature’s Wisdom for Humanity.” The On Being Project (link to the episode in the comments) Biomimicry “is a practice that learns from and mimics the strategies used by species alive today. The goal is to create products, processes, and systems—new ways of living—that solve our greatest design challenges sustainably and in solidarity with all life on earth.” Janine Benyus This concept feels pretty intuitive. It resonates with what I’ve been reading in Robin Wall Kimmerer’s "Braiding Sweetgrass." But the idea of living with and learning from nature is so different from the way many of our social structures are organized (e.g. competition for resources, individual pursuits over collective achievement). I’m heartened that other ways of being exist, and have existed, for millennia before our current age of competition. In fact, a topic in the episode was around a debate in the first half of the 20th century in the then-emergent discipline of ecology. Are ecosystems built on competition or collaboration? For nearly 50 years, there was a shared belief that collaboration, “a mutual aid society,” was the way of nature. It wasn’t until 1947 – the beginning of the Cold War and the Truman Doctrine – that the conversation changed, and we started viewing ecology through a competitive lens. And this concept – that what we talk about determines what we see around us – feels exactly in line with Appreciate Inquiry (one of the other AIs) and the book "Conversations Worth Having." How interesting that when the global stage is (be)set with scarcity, that colors the way we look at even the abundance of the natural world. Conversations Worth Having In the Q+A period after the conversation, an audience member asked, “How does the sharing of information contribute to collective vitality in the natural world? And how do organisms separate helpful signals from noise?” In response, Janine and Azita talked about quieting the noise, both our internal “human cleverness” and the physical noise pollution surrounding us. A few years ago, a housemate of mine gifted me a broadside of William Stafford’s “A Ritual to Read to Each Other.” It has become both a beloved poem and beloved piece of artwork in my home. If there’s a better example of imploring us to quiet our noise and send our signals clearly, I’m not sure what it is.

Recent book review on Terrain.org: https://lnkd.in/eQpuD2i6

Create a narrative based on a secret party thrown by animals when humans aren't looking. Click the link to explore this writing prompt further → https://lnkd.in/ghYAxrjr #WritingPrompt #WritingPrompts #DraftSparks

Tips for Writing a Multi-Author Series – Part III (via Story Empire)