Creative Writing

This novel of a wounded Vietnam veteran’s homecoming is both “a searing war story and a page-turning thriller” (The Washington Post). By Laura Harrington. Read more

In this beautiful collection of poems and paintings, Billy Collins, former U.S. poet laureate, joins with David Allen Sibley, America's foremost bird illustrator, to celebrate the winged creatures that have inspired so many poets to sing for centuries. Read more

Newly repackaged as a Penguin paperback, an “astonishing” book of poetry from Mary Oliver, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of American Primitive and “one of our very best poets” (New York Times Book Review). Read more

An collaboration of poetry and sumi, this book by nature writer and poet Constance Sidles and sumi artist Hiroko Seki is a visual and poetic paean to the nature at Montlake Fill, a natural area in the heart of north Seattle. Read more

From bestselling Landmarks author Robert Macfarlane and acclaimed artist and author Jackie Morris, a beautiful collection of poems and illustrations to help readers rediscover the magic of the natural world. Read more

Travel through a garden’s seasons toward healing, reclamation, and wholeness—for us, and for our beloved relative, the Earth. By Teresa Peterson. Read more

Renowned naturalist and writer J. Drew Lanham explores his obsession with birds and all things wild in a mixture of poetry and prose. Read more

Published in association with the Library of Congress and edited by Ada Limón, the 24th Poet Laureate of the United States, a singular collection of poems reflecting on our relationship to the natural world by 50 of our most celebrated writers.   Read more