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Gretel Ehrlich

Gretel Ehrlich

Biographical

Here is a biography of Ehrlich, along with a photo and some links, prepared for her appearance at a literary festival at Old Dominion University.

This press release for a reading at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History contains a fact summary about Ehrlich's life, a biographical sketch, and some links.

This page about her book This Cold Heaven, from Pantheon Books, contains a brief biography as well as some information about the publication.

Cultural

Has reading Ehrlich sparked your interest in the field of nature writing? Would you like to explore the field a bit further? Well, take a look at this Yahoo.com directory about nature writing.

This page contains the citation for Ehrlich's 1998 National Magazine Award. Which of the other authors on this page do you recognize? What methods could you use to find out more about them?

Here's an abstract about American nature writing, linking John McPhee's writing with Ehrlich's. If you wanted to find more about this abstract, what research methods would you employ?

This is a student essay about Ehrlich's work. How comfortable would you be citing it for a paper of your own? How did you come to your conclusion?

Bibliographical

Here's a page from the online magazine Salon that has an excerpt from Ehrlich's book Questions of Heaven: The Chinese Journeys of an American Buddhist.

In this interview conducted with Dave Weich of Powells.com, Ehrlich discusses Greenland and This Cold Heaven.

Looking for some more of Ehrlich's work in etext? Ok then, click over here and you'll find some excerpts from her book Heart Mountain. After reading the excerpts are you interested in reading the book? Why or why not?