Ground Work Writings on People and Places
Ground Work Writings on People and Places by Tim Dee is a collection published by National Geographic Books on April 23, 2019, featuring 288 pages in English. This anthology presents a diverse range of British nature writing, exploring the impact of human activities on the environment and cultural landscapes. The book includes contributions from notable writers, reflecting on personal memories and journeys through various locales, from childhood homes to expansive natural settings.
Readers will find a rich tapestry of essays that delve into themes of nature, environmental conservation, and the relationship between people and their surroundings. The collection invites contemplation on our stewardship of the planet, with pieces that traverse from urban gardens to remote wilderness areas. Ground Work serves as a platform for voices that articulate the complexities of living in the anthropocene, making it a significant addition to literary collections focused on nature and environmental issues.
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The essential and defining new collection of the best British nature writing
‘Tim Dee has brought together a wonderous array of talent for this life-affirming, often magical anthology’ Observer
We are living in the anthropocene – an epoch where everything is being determined by the activities of just one soft-skinned, warm-blooded, short-lived, pedestrian species.
How do we make our way through the ruins that we have made?
This anthology tries to answer this as it explores new and enduring cultural landscapes, in a celebration of local distinctiveness that includes new work from some of our finest writers. We have memories of childhood homes from Adam Thorpe, Marina Warner and Sean O’Brien; we journey with John Burnside to the Arizona desert, with Hugh Brody to the Canadian Arctic; going from Tessa Hadley’s hymn to her London garden to caving in the Mendips with Sean Borodale to shell-collecting on a Suffolk beach with Julia Blackburn.
Helen Macdonald, in her remarkable piece on growing up in a 50-acre walled estate, reflects on our failed stewardship of the planet: ‘I take stock.’ she says, ‘During this sixth extinction, we who may not have time to do anything else must write now what we can, to take stock.’
This is an important, necessary book.
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