Landscapes with Figures: The Nonfiction of Place
Edited By Robert Root

“Although most obviously united by each writer’s skilled articulation of setting, this collection of literary nonfiction could also serve as a miniature anthology of writing method. In his introduction, Root carefully defines nonfiction of place (including an explanation of the title metaphor). The collected essays and excerpts from memoirs and narratives that follow are clearly the product of serious dedication to the art of writing, meticulous research and revision, and devotion to the chosen subjects.”—Library Journal

“[A] welcome addition to ‘nature writing’ collections . . . . [T]hese texts . . . help legitimate passionate intellectual exchanges about nature and place that reflect commitments to something other than narrowly romantic place identity politics.”—American Book Review