Primal peoples have what Huston Smith has called "an embeddedness in place." They have always known what it truly means to be at home on the earth. The essays in this superb anthology have been assembled by David Landis Barnhill, Assistant Professor of Religion at Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina. Here you will find soulful material by some of America's best nature writers and essayists.
N. Scott Momaday and Leslie Marmon Silko speak for earth-cherishing peoples with their Native American perspectives on the land. Wendell Berry writes about what is involved in really inhabiting a place whereas Scott Russell Sanders celebrates the art of settling down — "making a durable home for ourselves, our fellow creatures, and our descendants."
In a lively section on "Places to Live," John Haines writes about homesteading in Alaska, Sharon Butala looks at ranching in Canada, and David Mas Masumoto muses on farming in California. Barnhill has wisely included some essays on urban living as well. Other heavy hitters included in this anthology are Terry Tempest Williams, Gary Snyder, Linda Hogan, and Thomas Berry.
