Jenny Price
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- Name: Jenny Price
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Jenny Price is a freelance writer in Los Angeles, a recent Gristmill interviewee, and author of Flight Maps: Adventures with Nature in Modern America. This piece is adapted from her long Believer article, "Thirteen Ways of Seeing Nature in L.A."
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In Cities Is the Preservation of the Word
An urban denizen beseeches nature writers to focus on cities for a change 28
Posted 2 years, 10 months agoA plea to nature writers: Come write about Los Angeles. To all the young aspiring Thoreaus out there: Head to this megalopolis in droves, as if to Mecca. Chicago is also good. New York. Pittsburgh. Atlanta. Reno. Providence. Houston. Indianapolis.
Who needs the woods?
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Why does the venerable American literary genre of nature writing continue to ignore cities? Sure, a few wonderful writers are traveling the mean streets: very recently, Michael Pollan has rooted urgently through our supermarkets and kitchens. But when I browse the state-of-the-genre… Read More