Back in July of 2020 (and I hope you’ll forgive my for mentioning that annus horribilis) Mark Avery reviewed Roy Dennis’ then recently published collection of nature essays titled “Cottongrass Summer;” a review in which Mark placed it beside Aldo Leopold’s classic book “A Sand County Almanac” in regard to his perception of both its “quality and worth.”
It occurred to me the other day that I hadn’t checked in with my friend Mark Avery since my collapse back in December. Doing so, I was very pleased to discover that he has been as busy and productive as ever, with a number of new book reviews added to his blog.
Taking up Roy Dennis’ new “Cottongrass Summer,” a collection of fifty-two seasonally arranged essays about the natural world to be published this very month by Saraband, Mark immediately reflects upon how he “can think of no better comparison [than Leopold’s A Sand County Almanac] to give you an idea of its content and of this book’s quality and worth.”