It’s a really good anthology - and I’d be interested to know whether you think there might similarly be a space for a book about nature writing and mental illness (specifically *not* about ‘how nature helps your mental health’, but really engaging with severe mental illness and the disability that causes - which I know from Louise she wasn’t able to include within Moving Mountains). The area of ‘nature and mental health’ has been so extensively covered, but often with the same, sometimes quite Pollyanna-ish, approach. There ought, I think, to be interesting things to say about the still-highly-stigmatised area of severe mental illness in the context of nature writing. (Happy to share more thoughts if that might be interesting.)
This looks gorgeous, and I'm looking forward to reading it myself! I'll also add it to the list of books by Nature Directory authors (Louise is listed), which you can find here, if you're interested. :)
This sounds like a brilliant anthology, and one I hadn't heard of. Adding to the (long) reading list!
It’s a really good anthology - and I’d be interested to know whether you think there might similarly be a space for a book about nature writing and mental illness (specifically *not* about ‘how nature helps your mental health’, but really engaging with severe mental illness and the disability that causes - which I know from Louise she wasn’t able to include within Moving Mountains). The area of ‘nature and mental health’ has been so extensively covered, but often with the same, sometimes quite Pollyanna-ish, approach. There ought, I think, to be interesting things to say about the still-highly-stigmatised area of severe mental illness in the context of nature writing. (Happy to share more thoughts if that might be interesting.)
This looks gorgeous, and I'm looking forward to reading it myself! I'll also add it to the list of books by Nature Directory authors (Louise is listed), which you can find here, if you're interested. :)
https://ourhome.substack.com/p/natures-bookstack-under-construction