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Writing tagged: ‘Rebecca Solnit’

Book review: ‘A Field Guide to Getting Lost’ by Rebecca Solnit

‘A Field Guide to Getting Lost’ by Rebecca Solnit

Getting lost as a way to finding yourself.

Published 19-Aug-2020
Filed under: Writing Genres: Essays, History, Nature & Place Tags: Rebecca Solnit, reviews

Book review: ‘The Faraway Nearby’ by Rebecca Solnit

‘The Faraway Nearby’ by Rebecca Solnit

A curiously compelling mix of memoir and anti-memoir.

Published 14-Jun-2020
Filed under: Writing Genres: People Tags: Rebecca Solnit, reviews

Newsletter No. 4: Paint to pufferfish

Sistine Chapel

Robert Macfarlane · Hilary Mantel · Martha Sprackland · Viking wool · Charles Darwin's reading habits · human evolution · praying to Elrond · drawing · making ink · Rebecca Solnit · insectivorous plants · do pufferfish hold their breath?

Published 24-Mar-2017
Filed under: Writing Tags: Charles Darwin, Dee marshes, evolution, GrrlScientist, Martha Sprackland, Rebecca Solnit, Robert Macfarlane

Newsletter No. 2: Glorified monkeys

Puffin Island
Looking towards Puffin Island, Anglesey.

Anglesey · lost exploration craft rediscovered · writing advice from Rebecca Solnit · volcanic sunsets · Ted Hughes · typographical tips · a strange way to estimate π · Dull Men’s Club · street photography · free speech · Alexander von Humboldt

Published 06-Oct-2016
Filed under: Writing Tags: Andrea Wulf, Anglesey, GrrlScientist, Rebecca Solnit, science, Ted Hughes, Wales

Book review: ‘Wanderlust’ by Rebecca Solnit

‘Wanderlust’ by Rebecca Solnit

A history of walking.

Published 29-Jan-2015
Filed under: Writing Genres: Nature & Place Tags: reading, Rebecca Solnit

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