“There are landscapes and species that are not going to be here a hundred years from now, fifty years from now. One gift we as writers give to the world is to bear witness to these landscapes and species as we have experienced them.” WorldGivingYearsBearsHundredSpeciesWitnessLandscapeFifty Author:Alison Hawthorne Deming
“The world is going to be less biologically rich for quite some time in the future. We are always weeping that we live in such a diminished world, but we are experiencing a biologically rich world compared to what the future will look like. Bearing witness to that is a beautiful gift.” WorldLooksBeautifulRichWitnessWeepingBearing Witness Author:Alison Hawthorne Deming
“If you have this deep feeling of empathy for the natural world, you feel it so profoundly. It's almost a religious experience. I feel that I could never really say the depth of feeling or connection I feel to the natural world, which has made me.” IfsWorldFeelsMadeFeelingsNaturalReligiousEmpathyConnectionsDepthNatural WorldReligious ExperienceDeep Feeling Author:Alison Hawthorne Deming
“As writers, the world is not about individual expression entirely because we are producing works of literature and getting them out into the world.” WorldLiteratureIndividualExpressionIndividual Expression Author:Alison Hawthorne Deming
“I'm extremely interested in science as the mythos within which I live. Science tells me what kind of animal I am, what kind of a universe I live in. It's always deepening my understanding of the natural world.” WorldKindUniverseUnderstandingNaturalAnimalNatural World Author:Alison Hawthorne Deming
“Climate change is a moral challenge, not simply an economic or technological problem. It is linked to social justice, because it is the poor citizens of the world who will suffer the most from our excesses.” WorldProblemSufferingSocialChallengesJusticePoorMoralEconomicCitizensSocial JusticeClimateClimate ChangeExcessTechnologicalLinked Author:Alison Hawthorne Deming
“I was attacked by two dogs when I was three and a half years old. I'm lucky to be alive. My face was stitched back together and here I still am, gratefully so. I believe that experience shocked me into a deep alliance with the animal world, its beauty and viciousness and terror.” WorldYearsBelieveStillsTwoTogetherFacesThreeI BelieveAnimalHalfAliveDogLuckyTerrorShockedAlliancesBack TogetherAnimal WorldHalf A YearTwo DogsLucky To Be Alive Author:Alison Hawthorne Deming
