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Into the Trackless Wild |  Janisse Ray is an American writer who explores the borderland
of nature & culture. She has won an American Book Award, Pushcart Prize, Southern Bookseller Award, Southern Environmental Law Center Writing Award, Nautilus Award, & Eisenberg Award, among others; and has been inducted into the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame. Her bestselling first book, Ecology of a Cracker Childhood, was a New York Times Notable. Her latest, Wild Spectacle, won the Donald L. Jordan Prize for Literary Excellence, which carries a $10K prize. Janisse serves on the editorial board of terrain.org & is an honorary member of the Association for the Study of Literature & the Environment. She earned an MFA from the University of Montana & has received 2 honorary doctorates. Janisse lives near Savannah, Georgia. 
A Recalcitrant Mule | Salvation South
Serena | @still_journal
Thanks to terrain.org for giving this essay a good life.
I Have Seen the Warrior: Crossing the Okefenokee | @Terrainorg
The Muscogee (Creek) Nation, for one, wants a national park. Published in THE BITTER SOUTHERNER.
Ocmulgee | @thebittersoutherner
Getting the word out about Ocmulgee National Park in central Georgia, published online in Southerly.
A New National Park in Georgia | @southerlymag
This tribute to Janisse's teacher published in terrain.org.
Hole in the Sky: A Tribute to William Kittredge | @Terrainorg
Friends and writers remember a hero.
25 Writers Remember William Kittredge | @OrionMagazine
GRAVY, the journal of the Southern Foodways Alliance, gave this essay about Ancil Jacques a great home.
The Chanterelle Seeker | @SFAGravy
Reinhabiting place was my dream. Essay published in THE GEORGIA REVIEW and won a Pushcart Prize.
The Lonely Ruralist | @GeorgiaReview
A hard look at rural community that won a Pushcart Prize.
The Lonely Ruralist (audio)
The story of a community fighting a coal ash dump, published in THE BITTER SOUTHERNER.
From Ashes Such as These, What can Rise? | @thebittersoutherner
The story of a horse, published in THE DRUM, an audio literary magazine.
Cheyenne | @theDrumlitmag
Exaltation of Elk (audio)
To Talk About Power is to Talk About Shame: Interview by Amy Wright | Southern Cultures Journal
The Culture Manifests the Landscape: Interview by Allison Braden | @southerlymag
Water | @SouthWritLarge
Praise to the Transformers | @Salon
Welcome: An Audio-Poem about Birth
Riding the rails, published in ORION.
Track Back | @OrionMagazine
My love for the South, despite the struggles. Published in ORION.
On the Bosom of this Grave & Wasted Land I Will Lay My Head | @OrionMagazine
About walking the walk as an enviro, published in ORION.
Altar Call for True Believers | @OrionMagazine

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