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Listapalooza, holiday edition: all-time top tens

Posted on December 24, 2010 by Martin

Like Rob Fleming, the protagonist of Nick Hornby’s High Fidelity, I seem to have a strong taxonomic impulse. Longtime readers of this blog have already seen several manifestations of my obsession with list making, but Heather and the kids will … Continue reading →

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The literary environment (with apologies to the Williams Alumni Review)

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Martin

Confession: I consider myself a loyal son of alma mater, but I usually just skim the quarterly Williams Alumni Review before tossing it into the recycling pile. A story in the June issue, however, caught my eye. “The Literary Environment,” … Continue reading →

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Massachusetts, part III: take a walk on the wild side

Posted on February 19, 2010 by Heather

A Very Long Time Ago, my mother brought home a Peter Max-style poster with this quotation from Henry David Thoreau: “In wilderness is the preservation of the world.” Each time we moved, its reappearance was an indication that I was … Continue reading →

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Listapalooza: top ten books about the environment

Posted on December 4, 2009 by Martin

And now for the next installment in our internationally celebrated series of lists… and what could be more appropriate from the proprietors of a place called Madroño Ranch: A Center for Writing and the Environment than a list (in alphabetical … Continue reading →

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