The Hour of Land: A Personal Topography of America’s National Parks, by Terry Tempest Williams (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, Washington D.C.)

Raising Wild: Dispatches from a Home in the Wilderness, by Michael P. Mutel (University of Iowa Press, Iowa City, Iowa) The winning authors will be invited to speak at Northland College where they will receive their award and cash prize.Ĭoyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History, by Dan Flores, (Basic Books, New York, New York)Ī Sugar Creek Chronicle: Observing Climate Change from a Midwestern Woodland, by Cornelia F. “These books best capture the human relationship with the natural world and have lasting, universal appeal - much like Olson’s work.” “We had more books than ever to select from this year,” Brew said. “The College announces the winners near Earth Day each year to highlight the best environmental and nature writing at a time when people are reflecting and thinking about their place in the natural world,” said Alan Brew, a professor of English at Northland College, who sits on the SONWA selection committee. Since 1991, the SONWA has honored the literary legacy of Sigurd Olson, who attended Northland College, and is the namesake of the College’s environmental institute, by recognizing and encouraging contemporary writers who seek to carry on his tradition of nature writing. Olson Nature Writing Award (SONWA) in adult, young adult, and children’s literature.

Northland College has announced the winning 2016 books for the Sigurd F.

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