Writing the Land: Pathways

—-will be available after April 1, 2026—-

This anthology is a collection of conserved lands from across the North American continent, plus a chapter from The Burren in southern Ireland. Each of 11 US chapters contains poems, photos, and information about actual conserved properties from a land conservation organization, while the Ireland chapter is written by visiting poets to the conserved land of The Burren. Each celebrates the beauty and value of lands of all kinds including forests, parks, farms, homesteads, and rivers. Explore lands you've not yet seen, or re-explore familiar territory through art. Either way, we hope you are inspired.

When we have a list of land conversation organizations selling the book to support their work it will be here, along with other options and a chance to look inside the book at sample pages.

Participating Partners:

Living Lands Trust (national)

Nisqually Land Trust (Washington state)

Friends of Coal Creek (Colorado)

Northern Waters Land Trust (Minnesota)

Openlands (Illinois)

Larkspur Conservation (Tenessee)

Dumbarton Oaks Park Conservancy (DC)

Wildlands Trust (Massachusetts)

Genesee Land Trust (New York)

Sebasticook Regional Land Trust (Maine)

Foothills Land Conservancy (Maine)

The Burren (Ireland) and CELT

Praise for Writing the Land

Writing the Land is a vital project that asks through the language of poetry the most important question that faces us in these cataclysmic times: who are we without the land and the more-than-human kin it nourishes, who nourish us in return? Each anthology contains poems that expose the lie of separation between human and nature, and returns us to the reality that even when trapped amongst pavement and concrete, we are but seedlings and genetic cousins to trees, plants, stones, and mycelia. To know ourselves, we must know the land. —Angela Maria Spring, poet, journalist, and owner of Duende District, a pop-up bookstore project for and by people of color, where all are welcome.