Earth Works: Selected Essays

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Also by Scott Russell Sanders Nonfiction A Conservationist Manifesto A Private History of Awe The Force of Spirit The Country of Language Hunting for Hope Writing from the Center Staying Put Secrets of the Universe The Paradise of Bombs In Limestone Country Fiction The Invisible Company The Engineer of Beasts Bad Man Ballad Terrarium Wonders Hidden Fetching the Dead Hear the Wind Blow Wilderness Plots This page intentionally left blank earth works This page intentionally left blank earth works Scott Russell Sanders S E L E C T E D E S S A Y S Indiana University Press Bloomington & Indianapolis This book is a publication of Indiana University Press 601 North Morton Street Bloomington, Indiana 47404-3797 USA iupress.indiana.edu Telephone orders 800-842-6796 Fax orders 812-855-7931© 2012 by Scott Russell Sanders All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. The Association of American University Presses’ Resolution on Permissions constitutes the only exception to this prohibition. ∞ The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences— Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1992. Manufactured in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Sanders, Scott R. (Scott Russell), 1945Earth works : selected essays / Scott Russell Sanders. p. cm. ISBN 978-0-253-00094-1 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-253-00095-8 (pbk. : alk. paper) I. Title. PS3569.A5137E26 2012 814’.54—dc23 2011030599 1 2 3 4 5 17 16 15 14 13 12 For the community of writers, readers, editors, artists, scientists, activists, and Earth lovers gathered by Orion magazine. This page intentionally left blank Sometimes I think that is all we are really here for: to look at the world, and to see as much as we can. John Haines This page intentionally left blank ...