Sisters of the Earth: Womens Prose
and Poetry About Nature by Lorraine
Anderson
Anthology Of Short Bits By Women Naturalists
Women have been writing, and writing very well, about nature for
hundreds of years, but, as in so many other fields, their contributions were
overlooked and undervalued until recently. Lorraine Andersons anthology
Sisters of the Earth is just the remedy. In it, Anderson gathers writing on
nature from a range of authors, among them the relatively familiar Sally
Carrighar, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Ann Zwinger, Rachel Carson, and
Ursula Le Guin and younger contemporaries like Pat Mora, Terry Tempest
Williams, Luci Tapahonso, and Joy Harjo. Anderson showcases essays,
fiction, and poetry in roughly equal measure, and her intelligent notes and
introduction add much to this generous--and long overdue, and most
welcome--collection.
Personal Review: Sisters of the Earth: Womens Prose and
Poetry About Nature by Lorraine Anderson

I found a lot more than I'd expected in this book. The editor obviously put a
lot of thought into her selection of authors and passages from their works.
It seemed to me as if these were the passages I would have marked for
rereading had I read those works myself. Pretty much every selection
struck me as being beautifully inspirational, poetic, or otherwise moving.
I'd forgotten how much simply reading about nature can do to lift and heal
the spirit. I also learned a lot: I was unaware that so many women have
been writing about nature for so many years -- and it was sobering to
realize that much of what the earlier authors wrote about no longer exists
in our world today.The author bios themselves make for fascinating
reading. (You can't help but wonder how your own life would be summed
up in a paragraph or two.) And of course, as I'd expect from any good
anthology, this collection inspired me to add quite a few items to my "to-
read" list. The nearly 40-page bibliography includes very helpful
summaries, and lists not just the sources of this anthology's selections but
many other works as well.Whatever you might expect from Sisters of the
Earth, I doubt you'll be disappointed. There should be something in it for
everyone -- and it's a pretty book that would make a great gift.
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