Sierra Magazine Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Erica Gies's Water Always Wins: Thriving in an Age of Drought and Deluge (University of Chicago Press, 2022) is a buzzy symposium of a book, with more locations than a James Bond film. https://t.co/t6gomfMHaD

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"Persistently looking forward and backward, #OctaviaButler saw this: How we were, and would be, trapped by and in between those worlds, especially if we didn't address the unfinished business." https://t.co/GHtOkbEMhu

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Lydia Millet's latest novel, Dinosaurs (W.W. Norton, 2022), is the deceptively simple story of an Arizona man's relationship with the family living in a glass house next door. https://t.co/BZuEL0Mph4

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Graceland, At Last, by @MargaretRenkl, makes for perfect beach reading—or, for that matter, lake-side reading, creek-side reading, stream-bank reading, pond-edge reading, or wherever you’re spending your summer holiday. https://t.co/6r4q0V8Chl

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In The Sounds of Life: How Digital Technology Is Bringing Us Closer to the Worlds of Animals and Plants (Princeton University Press, 2022), Karen Bakker explores the "hidden world of nonhuman sound." https://t.co/cItDpHJtJq

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Summer Michaud-Skog’s Fat Girls Hiking: An Inclusive Guide to Getting Outdoors at Any Size or Ability, aims to empower experienced and aspiring hikers alike. https://t.co/HT7dsmvsGW

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Two Wheels Good: The History and Mystery of The Bicycle, by @jodyrosen reels through cycling history, engineering, and politics. https://t.co/6r4q0V8Chl

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.@lynellgeorge on the gripping, spectral, and genre-defying spectacle that is Octavia Butler’s Kindred.

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Young had applied for assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. But FEMA didn't compensate Young's family for the barn or the contents of their home, because they still have a livable space upstairs. https://t.co/nSPJCtMzFk

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If you are the type of person who enjoys spending a nice day at the beach reading about things that could kill you, consider Blight: Fungi and the Coming Pandemic by Emily Monosson. https://t.co/SwcX7sKtCn