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Radio 4,26 Aug 2018,28 mins

Richard Powers and Nature Writing

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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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