In her introduction to the 40th-anniversary edition of Silent Spring, biographer and historian Linda Lear, author of the acclaimed biography Rachel Carson: Witness for Nature notes, "Carson was ...
KALW: EARTH WORDS: Rachel Carson and Walt Whitman and the nature of writing
EARTH WORDS: Rachel Carson and Walt Whitman and the nature of writing
To an admiring friend, Rachel Carson, 56, was “a nun of nature, a votary of all outdoors.” She also had a rare gift for transmuting scientific fact into lucid, lyrical language. Yet it was only in ...
In lilting verse, Burg (Flooded) writes, “We must always leave nature/ as we find her,” quoting Rachel Carson (1907–1964), a marine biologist, conservationist, and award-winning author credited with ...
Psychology Today: The Other Side of Silence: Rachel Carson’s Views of Animals
Earth Day and Poetry Month, we’re sharing stories about two LGBTQ+ writers whose work celebrated the natural world: Rachel Carson and Walt Whitman.
Rachel Carson, author of Silent Spring, at her summer home in Boothbay Harbor, Maine. (Photo by CBS via Getty Images) “Nothing in science has any value to society if it is not communicated.” – Anne ...
Yahoo: Maine’s Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge to build new visitor center
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. KENNEBUNK, Maine — A new center to connect people with nature and celebrate the life, work and legacy of environmentalist Rachel ...
Stormy Sea Breaking on a Shore, by J.M.W. Turner.(Heritage Art / Heritage Images via Getty Images) Rachel Carson was a passionate and poetic writer, but she was not a particularly subtle one. When she ...