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Open Book: Richard Powers and Nature Writing

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Richard Powers and Nature Writing

BBC Radio 4 - Open Book, Richard Powers and Nature Writing

Alex Clark talks to Richard Powers about his new novel, The Overstory.

Alex Clark talks to Richard Powers about The Overstory, a novel about the majesty and importance of trees. They're also joined by Melissa Harrison and Jessica J Lee to consider contemporary nature writing and the environmental concerns preoccupying novelists today.
And ecologist Liam Heneghan examines why children's writers have been so drawn to trees and forests.

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