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Nature, Philosophy, and Literature: October's Featured Collection
This month we feature a collection of books with subjects ranging from the Beaufort Wind Scale to interconnections between religion, science, and culture. These great titles were purchased for the UCC Library through a donation by Nancy Nowak and Cindy Shroba, recipients of the Unsung Hero Award (presented by Cascade Community Credit Union and Douglas County Schools)!
So come on by the UCC Library and check out these wonderful books, made available through the generosity of our campus community! Thank you Cindy and Nancy!
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Holdfast: At Home in the Natural World by Kathleen Dean Moore is an exploration of human experience as part of the natural world through a collection of essays; her title, holdfast comes from the particular feature of bull-kelp seaweed off the Oregon coast which lets it cling to rock despite the constant pull of the tide.
Holdfast-Related Websites and Collections
American Environmental Photographs 1891-1936
CalPhotos: Landscapes and Habitats Access over 5,650 images, a University of California at Berkeley project.
Getty Images One of the largest digital photo resources, including film, available online.
Google Maps Search locations and view satellite images for free.
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Poets on the Peak: Gary Snyder, Philip Whalen & Jack Kerouac in the North Cascades by John Suiter explores the works of these three Beat generation poets through words and images, exploring the influence of the geography of the Pacific Northwest on their writing, their philosophy, and their lives.
Poets on the Peak-Related Websites and Collections
The Beat Page
The Beat Museum
North Cascade National Park Where Gary Synder spent summers as a forest fire lookout at Desolation.
Another North Cascades N.P. website
Satellite image of Desolation & N. Cascades N.P. From Google Maps.
Scenic Drives Around the North Cascades
North Cascades Institute Dedicated to preserving Pacific Northwest wildlife and habitats.
Washington State in Black and White An online photo collection from the University of Washington.
Panoramas: The North American Landscape in Art
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Danger on Peaks: poems by Gary Snyder. Gary Snyder grew up in the Pacific Northwest, and much of his poetry is influenced by local landscapes.
Snyder-Related Websites and Collections
Modern American Poetry: Gary Snyder
Northwest by Northwest: non fiction A listing of books about the northwest by northwest authors, from the Multnomah County Library.
BuddhaNet: An Online Buddhism Resource
Wikipedia: Senso-ji
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The Wild Braid: a poet reflects on a century in the garden by Stanley Kunitz with Genine Lentine. 
Stanley Kunitz has been writing poetry for nearly a century, and gardening at least as long. He muses that "The garden isn't, at best, designed for admiration or praise; it leads to an appreciation of the natural universe, and to a meditation on the connection between the self and the rest of the natural universe."
Wild Braid-Related Websites and Collections
Poetry from Terrain.org A journal of "the Built and Natural Environments."
Librarian's Internet Index: Poetry Websites
Internet Public Library: Poetry Collections
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Defining the Wind: the Beaufort Scale, and how a 19th-century admiral turned science into poetry by Scott Huler.
Beaufort-Related Websites
Wikipedia: Beaufort Scale
NOAA's Hurricane Katrina page
Pathogens Associated with Natural Disasters From the U.S. Centers for Disease Control.
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Science and Poetry by Mary Midgley. 
According to The Guardian, a British newspaper:
"Mary Midgley, aged 81, may be the most frightening philosopher in the country: the one before whom it is least pleasant to appear a fool. ... She believes that philosophy matters, perhaps especially to the people who think it is merely a garnish on the brute facts of life - 'like the bed of tulips in front of a nuclear power station,' as she puts it with typical vividness. That is why she is so much fun to read and why she has become the foremost scourge of scientific pretension in [Britain]: someone whose wit is admired even by those who feel she sometimes oversteps the mark."
An academic review of Midgley's work is available here in the UCC Library's Literature Resource Center (see a librarian for off-campus access).
Websites and Resources on Midgley
Wikipedia: Mary Midgley (biographical)
Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary A story from the Guardian newspaper about Midgley's life and work.
Francis Petrarch: Familiar Letters
British Geological Survey: National Archive of Photographs
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The Life of Poetry by Muriel Rukeyser.
Muriel Rukeyser believes that poetry does much more than simply exist-- poetry forms a vital part of our lives, our experiences, and our emotional expression. Read more about Rukeyser's book here at the UCC Library's Literature Resource Center (see a librarian for off-campus access).
Poetry-Related Collections and Websites
Reading and Writing Poetry: a collection of links
Common Errors in English
Poets & Writers "The [U.S.'s] largest nonprofit organization providing information, support, and guidance to authors."
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This page last updated 10-12-06.