Dirt: A  Love Story
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Thirty-six Writers Get Down to Earth

An anthology for dirt lovers everywhere


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Ever wanted to build a dirt house? Bake mud brownies on a combine's hood? Touch the first worm of spring? Grow Swiss chard in Da Bronx? You have found the right book. And the right tribe.

​In 
Dirt: A Love Story, you'll meet artists, authors and scientists all daring to set the record straight on dirt's power to entertain and inspire. Read the anthology, grab an old hat, and head outside to get good and dirty. 

"This is nature writing at its best."  —​Boulder Daily Camera
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​Meet a few of the artists, authors, and scientists who go dirt-wild about their deep 
connections to soil:


Janisse Ray's 
"Praise to the Transformers" excerpted in Salon.

Roxanne Swentzell's magnificent dirt/clay sculptures.

Deborah Koons Garcia's elegant documentary  Symphony of the Soil.

Peter Heller's dirt house photos in The New York Times.


Atina Diffley driving the Koch brothers off her farm.

Vandana Shiva's soil-loving Navdanya.


Karen Washington's Bronx garden in The New York Times.

Cline Cellars Green String Method of loving great soil.

Kayann Short's blog on CSA farming.

David R. Montgomery's Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations.

 
​ With a foreword by Pam Houston       
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​2016 Silver Nautilus Award / ​Ecology & Environment
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"Kick off your shoes, dig in your toes, and enjoy!"  —Kim Barnes, author of In the Kingdom of Men


Contributors:  Elias Amidon   Julene Bair  Bob Cannard  Fred Cline  Atina Diffley  Deborah Koons Garcia  
Eban Goodstein  Bernd Heinrich  Peter Heller  Linda Hogan  Wes Jackson  Edward Kanze  John Keeble  
Lisa Knopp  Marilyn Krysl  Chris Larson  BK Loren  David R. Montgomery  Erica Olsen  John T. Price  
Laura Pritchett  Janisse Ray  Barbara Richardson  Jana Richman  Jeanne Rogers  Carl Rosen  Don Schueler  
Vandana Shiva  Kayann Short  Liz Stephens  Roxanne Swentzell  Carrie Visintainer  Tyler Volk  
Karen Washington  Thomas Wessels


​​About the Editor: A writer, editor, and landscape designer, Barbara Richardson created this anthology to share dirt's voices, tout its accomplishments, and remind readers of its free and constant comforts. When she isn't inside making books, she is outside cataloging the wonders of Utah's dirt.
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"Who knew dirt could be a topic of such fascinating diversity?"  —​Deseret News
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Thank you to Tom Bunn for the cracked earth banner photos.
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