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Frank Stewart

Frank Stewart is the author of three books of poetry and the editor of four collections of essays and literature concerning Hawaii and the Pacific. An acclaimed poet, he is winner of the Whiting Writers Award and former director of the Creative Writing Program at the University of Hawaii.

A Natural History of Nature Writing

A Natural History of Nature Writing

A Natural History of Nature Writing is a penetrating overview of the origins and development of a uniquely American literature. Essayist and poet Frank Stewart describes in rich and compelling prose the lives and works of the most prominent American nature writers of the19th and 20th centuries, including:

  • Henry D. Thoreau, the father of American nature writing.
  • John Burroughs, a schoolteacher and failed businessman who found his calling as a writer and elevated the nature essay to a loved and respected literary form.
A World Between Waves

A World Between Waves

A World Between Waves is a collection of essays on the natural history of Hawaii by some of America's most renowned writers. It is a testament to the biological and geological wealth of this unique and threatened island landscape, and a passionate call to action on behalf of what may soon be gone.