Friday, January 17, 2025

Book Bites: Fen, Bog and Swamp

Fen, Bog and Swamp: A Short History of Peatland Destruction and Its Role in the Climate CrisisFen, Bog and Swamp: A Short History of Peatland Destruction and Its Role in the Climate Crisis by Annie Proulx
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

Proulx’s Fen, Bog and Swamp is a messy, unfocused overview of wetland scholarship. The text never really outgrows its seed as a personal essay, with haphazard pacing that is rushed in spots and slow and lingering in others. Though a nice overview of wetlands' place in climate and climate change and superbly written, its probably more useful to read the books Proulx cites.

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