A new generation of poets, essayists, memoirists, and novelists is narrating stories of severed connections and exploitation—both their own and the Earth’s. In the winter of 2021, still very much in ...

William Wordsworth, a key figure of the Romantic movement, believed nature profoundly shaped human character and imagination.

With a series of poetic park installations and a new anthology, the U.S. poet laureate hopes to remind visitors and readers of their stake in the natural world. Around two years ago, Ada Limón started ...

Abigail Barronian is a senior editor at Outside. She is passionate about public lands and sustainable resource management, practical and supportive training and nutrition, and great writing. New perk: ...

Learn how to capture the delicate balance between human-built cities and the natural world. How do cities impact nature? In this video, Jeff Kass introduces the concept of urban sprawl and teaches us ...

Godmothers Grow: The Sacred Circle with Diana Raab, Ph.D., a space to gather, reflect, and connect with kindred spirits ...

Cycle one: Just looking. We must be careful / Ed Roberson -- Earth is a living thing / Lucille Clifton -- Mountains of California, part I / Al Young -- Mountain road ends here / G.E. Patterson -- ...

Longley resisted the temptation ‘to write the poem of the latest [terrorist] atrocity. We knew there was no point in versifying opinion’ - Irish Eye/Alamy Michael Longley, who has died aged 85, was a ...

Jane Kenyon’s “The Pond at Dusk” is a quiet, mischievous reckoning with nature and mortality. Our critic A.O. Scott plumbs its depths. Isabella Cotier By A.O. Scott You can hear a reading of this poem ...

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Writing does not take us away from the difficult and the painful. If we write with courage and with integrity, it can take us ...