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Robert Hass

What is Nature Literacty? Robert Hass Sun Under Wood (Ecco)David Abram The Spell of the Senuous (Pantheon)Alison Hawthorne Deming Science and Other Poems (Louisiana State University Press) Has literacy alienated us from nature? If written language is the cause of separation, can nature-writing provide a way to re-connect? The panelists strive to answer those questions, exploring early oral cultures and the development of the written alphabet.

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By Michael Silverblatt • Sep 12, 1996 • 30m Listen

What is Nature Literacty? Robert Hass Sun Under Wood (Ecco)David Abram The Spell of the Senuous (Pantheon)Alison Hawthorne Deming Science and Other Poems (Louisiana State University Press) Has literacy alienated us from nature? If written language is the cause of separation, can nature-writing provide a way to re-connect? The panelists strive to answer those questions, exploring early oral cultures and the development of the written alphabet.

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