What I Learned at Bug Camp: Essays on Finding a Home in the World - Softcover

Rabkin, Sarah Juniper

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0984319611 ISBN 13: 9780984319619

Publisher: Juniper Lake Press, 2011

Synopsis

What I Learned at Bug Camp offers a compelling inquiry through the eyes of an artist, naturalist, and teacher. Sarah Rabkin joins personal essay and science journalism in fluent, spirited prose that probes the spaces between science and art, autonomy and community, doubt and faith. On a passionate quest for a "home in the world," she creates bridges out of stories, inviting us to join her on the trail.

About this title

About the Author:

Sarah Rabkin grew up in Berkeley, California, in the 1960s and 1970s. An award-winning teacher of writing and environmental studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz, she lives near the shore of Monterey Bay with her husband, poet Charles Atkinson.

Review:

How can we cultivate the naturalist's attitude of "expectant curiosity," the "traveler's openness"? Sarah Rabkin pursues this quest in the deliciously tactile language of a born observer, wedded to a master's skill at persuasive argument. The quality of her attention is vivid and penetrating, funny and relaxed. --Hannah Hinchman, author of A Trail Through Leaves: The Journal as a Path to Place

How do you find your way, if you set out to follow your heart? There are tough questions and hard-earned answers in Sarah Rabkin's wonderful collection of essays . . . Everyone who aspires to live intentionally and honorably in this lovely, careworn world will want to read this book. --Kathleen Dean Moore, author of Wild Comfort

From the slopes of the Sierra Nevada to the contours of her own body, Sarah Rabkin has retraced her own natural history. In this curious, precise and (mostly) fearless journey she beautifully proves that the best teachers never stop being students. --Roger B. Swain, author of Earthly Pleasures and Saving Graces

Through the gift of Sarah Rabkin's graceful and generous-hearted prose we see the world as a unified and delicious whole. . . . She's a careful thinker, an elegant writer, and a fine companion. --Thomas Lowe Fleischner, Professor of Environmental Studies, Prescott College

Personal yet rigorously examined observations from a life dedicated to curiosity and honesty . . . a testament to living ardently no matter where we find ourselves. --Deborah DeWit, author of Traveling Light: Chasing an Illuminated Life

About this edition

• Publisher: Juniper Lake Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0984319611
• ISBN 13: 9780984319619
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 186