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May events with Scott Russell Sanders

Scott Russell Sanders. Photo by Ruth Sanders.

Scott Russell Sanders, author of Earth Works and A Conservationist Manifesto, has the following events scheduled for this month: 

May 17-19

Sanders, along with IUP author Rebecca McClanahan, will be a featured guest speaker at the River Teeth Nonfiction Conference held at Ashland University in Ashand, OH. For more information, contact Sarah M. Wells at swells@ashland.edu or call 419-289-5957.

May 23

Sanders will speak at "Minnesota Made," sponsored by the Minnesota Land Trust. The talk takes place at 6:00 p.m. in New Century Theater in Minneapolis. Tickets are required and can be purchased online.

May 24

Sanders will give a talk at 7 p.m. at the Wood Lake Nature Center in Richfield, MN. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit the Minnesota Land Trust website.

See a complete list of upcoming events for Scott Russell Sanders on his website.

Book review: Mercury, Mining, and Empire

“In Mercury, Mining and Empire, Nicholas Robins provides a superbly researched piece of interdisciplinary history that argues that the post-Conquest genocide of the indigenous population of what is now Bolivia and Peru occurred as a result of a highly exploitative system of silver and mercury mining. Thus Robins analyzes a ‘double genocide’ that initially entailed the death of up to ninety percent of the indigenous peoples due to illnesses brought to the Americas by the Spanish, and continued with the subsequent genocidal destruction wrought by the toxic effects of the emerging mining industry.” —Journal of Genocide Research

Earth Day book giveaway!

Happy Earth Day! We're celebrating our planet by giving away two environmentally friendly books by Scott Russell Sanders: A Conservationist Manifesto and Earth Works. In his Manifesto, Sanders advocates that conservation is not simply a personal virtue but a public one. He continues his exploration of this idea and how we can care for each other and the world in Earth Works, a collection of 30 of his finest essays.

To enter the contest, send an email to winiupress@gmail.com with your name and mailing address. Entries will be accepted through 4/26/13 at 11:59 p.m. EDT. Winners will be notified by email and books will ship via USPS.

Learn more about Scott Russell Sanders's writing and his views on conservation in his recent interview with Dr. Bob Leonard on KNIA's In Depth radio show.

April events for Scott Russell Sanders

Scott Russell Sanders. Photo by Ruth Sanders.

Earth Works author Scott Russell Sanders has the following events scheduled for this month: 

April 18

Sanders will lecture on "Aldo Leopold and the Land Ethic" as part of Earth Week Celebration at Wabash College in Crawfordsville, IN. The event takes place at 7:00 p.m. in the Korb Classroom of Fine Arts Center. For more information, contact Marc Hudson at hudsonm@wabash.edu.

April 22

Sanders will deliver the Earth Day address, "Near and Distant Bears," for the University of Georgia, sponsored by The Georgia Review. The event takes place at 7:00 p.m. in the Day Chapel of the State Botanical Garden of Georgia in Athens. For more information, visit The Georgia Review blog.

April 23

Sanders will speak on "Literature and Legacy" at 7:00 p.m. at The Bowers House Writers' Retreat and Literary Center in Canon, Georgia. For more information, visit the center's website. 

See a complete list of upcoming events for Scott Russell Sanders on his website.

Scott Russell Sanders to speak at Central College

Author Scott Russell Sanders is currently in residence at Central College and will speak at the Writers Reading series March 21. Sanders will read excerpts from his book Earth Works in the Cox-Snow Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit Central College's website.

S.C. Pryor a lead author on draft of National Climate Assessment report

IUP author S.C. Pryor is part of the Federal Advisory Committee that has overseen a draft of the recently released National Climate Assessment report. An important resource for understanding climate change, this report covers several topics, including how climate change impacts regions and sectors across the United States. Pryor is one of the lead authors on the section of the report about the Midwest, which is also discussed in her new book.

In Climate Change in the Midwest, Pryor and several other contributors focus on identifying and quantifying the major vulnerabilities to climate change in the Midwestern United States. The book also considers the challenges and opportunities to develop local and regional strategies for addressing the risks posed by climate change in the context of developing an integrative policy for the region.

Learn more about Pryor's new book in this excerpt. You can also read a draft of the NCA report here.

S. C. Pryor is Provost's Professor of Atmospheric Science at IU Bloomington and editor of Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres and of Understanding Climate Change: Climate Variability, Predictability, and Change in the Midwestern United States (IUP, 2009).

Five IU Press nature books reviewed in The Guardian

British newspaper The Guardian featured five IU Press books its Birdbooker Report 252:

Butterflies of Indiana: A Field Guide

"For beginners and experts, Butterflies of Indiana ... offers an introduction to the natural history of butterflies. The simple and intuitive design of this guide and its wealth of features make it a faithful companion for butterfly watchers, collectors, gardeners, birders, and naturalists."

Dragonflies of Indiana

"Dragonflies of Indiana includes sections on key identification features, anatomy, life history, habitats, behavior, and flight seasons of dragonflies; the history of dragonfly study in Indiana; and the conservation value of dragonflies. It will be appreciated by all who take wonder in the shimmer of dragonfly wings on a summer day." 

The Sunflower Family in the Upper Midwest

"This beautiful book features 544 photos as well as range maps for each of the 150 treated species. ... This is an eye-catching book suitable for display or reference."

Orchids of Indiana

"All 43 of the orchids now growing in Indiana are represented in this handsome volume of detailed descriptions, range maps, and color photographs, appealing to naturalists and orchid lovers everywhere."

Sedges of Indiana and the Adjacent States: The Non-Carex Species

"This attractive publication is as relevant to gardeners as it is to natural areas biologists and plant taxonomists. The states covered by this guide include: Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin."

Read the complete article on The Guardian's website.

Best books of 2012

We're ending this year on a high note as two of our books have made "best of" lists for 2012!

Earth Works by Scott Russell Sanders has been named an Englewood Honor Book in the nonfiction category by the Englewood Review of Books. This honor is given to "the Best Books of the year for the life and flourishing of the Church." Englewood praises Sanders's book for being "full of energy, hope and life."

Jolyon C. Parish's The Dodo and the Solitaire received an Honorable Mention on The Birdbooker Report's Best Bird Books of 2012 list. Birdbooker calls the book "extraordinary" and "the most comprehensive book to date about these two famously extinct birds."

Scott Russell Sanders to give keynote at Indiana Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts conference

On January 7, Scott Russell Sanders, author of A Conservationist Manifesto and Earth Works, will deliver the keynote address for the Indiana Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts' annual conference. His speech is set for 11 a.m. at Indianapolis Marriott Downtown. For more information, contact Liz Rice at 317-692-7325 or info@iaswcd.org.

Upcoming author events for Scott Russell Sanders

Scott Russell Sanders has two author events scheduled this week. The first takes place September 20 at 6 p.m., when Sanders will give a reading at the Aldo Leopold Foundation in Baraboo, WI. Then on September 22 at 9 a.m., he will present the keynote address for the "Nature, Outdoors & Environmental Writing Conference" at the Audobon Center of the North Woods in Sandstone, MN.

About the author
Scott Russell Sanders, Distinguished Professor of English Emeritus at IU Bloomington, is author of 20 books of fiction and nonfiction, including A Private History of Awe, Writing from the Center (IUP, 1995), A Conservationist Manifesto (IUP, 2009), and Earth Works (IUP, 2011). Among his honors are the Lannan Literary Award, the John Burroughs Essay Award, and the Mark Twain Award. For more information on Sanders's writing and events, visit his website.