The first edition of Nature and Existence (2010) is down to two copies, so I’ve just published a second edition via Amazon’s print-on-demand service. This way it’ll stay in print indefinitely. I’ve broken up some of the longer paragraphs and added section headings to make it more readable. I’ve also added a preface to put this collection of philosophical essays in perspective. And the cover is new, of course.
I don’t know what’s more amazing: how much my thoughts about God, nature and humankind have changed over the past 15 years, or how much they have stayed the same. At any rate, this remains a good outline of my worldview, for whatever it’s worth.
This book is now available at Amazon.com. It can also be purchased at my website, woodthrushbooks.com. Check it out.
Cultivating the Wildness Within, a collection of 18 interlocking, deeply personal essays, is now in print!
It begins with the disorientation that I felt coming out of the Alaskan bush in ’92 then covers the next two decades as I worked through the disparities between what the wild teaches and how we live our lives in this highly complex world of ours. Wildness stirs within us all so I recount how others deal with this disparity as well – family, friends, and humankind in general. Yes, I wax philosophical at times, but these essays are as much from the heart as they are from the head.
Scott King at Red Dragonfly Press accepted CWW for publication last spring. We had planned on releasing it in the fall but a glitch at Amazon held things up. That’s why it’s coming out at such an awkward time. All the same, I think this is one of my better books. Check it out.
The book is available at Amazon, of course, but Scott and I believe that small is beautiful so we ask that you consider getting it from Small Press Distribution instead. CWW is also for sale at the Red Dragonfly Press website. It’ll be a while before it’s available anywhere else.
After reading this book, let me know what you think. I can always be reached by email: walt@woodthrushbooks.com.
Backcountry traveler, freelance writer, and philosopher of wildness, McLaughlin has ventured into the wilds of Southeast Alaska and New York’s Adirondacks as well as the forests of northern New England. More about Walt.
