New Natives
Becoming Indigenous in a Time of Crisis & Transition
Published on 10. October 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
112 pages
978-1-60454-271-4 (ISBN)
Description
New Natives: Becoming Indigenous in a Time of Crisis & Transition is a stirring call to reconnect with the land, community, and each other in an era of environmental upheaval. Award-winning poet and activist Thomas Rain Crowe blends memoir, cultural history, and passionate advocacy to explore how we can "reinhabit" our places-living in harmony with nature and drawing on the wisdom of those who have stewarded the Earth for generations.
Set against the lush backdrop of the Southern Appalachian Mountains, Crowe's essays weave together personal stories, Indigenous perspectives, and urgent reflections on climate change, biodiversity, and sustainable living. He invites readers to imagine a future where diversity-of species, cultures, and communities-is not just preserved but celebrated as essential to survival.
Complemented by Simone Lipscomb's evocative photography, New Natives is both a love letter to the natural world and a manifesto for a new way of being. From the philosophy of bioregionalism to the everyday beauty of rivers, forests, and wildlife, this book offers practical inspiration for anyone longing to live more consciously and courageously in the place they call home.
For readers of Wendell Berry, Robin Wall Kimmerer, and E.O. Wilson, this is a work that will awaken your sense of belonging-to the land, to your neighbors, and to the greater Earth community. Whether you are an environmentalist, a lover of nature writing, or simply seeking a more rooted life, New Natives offers vision, guidance, and hope.
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Language
English
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
253 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-60454-271-4 (9781604542714)
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Thomas Rain Crowe is an internationally-published and recognized author, editor and translator of more than thirty books, including the multi-award winning nonfiction nature memoir Zoro's Field: My Life in the Appalachian Woods (2005); The End of Eden: Writings of an Environmental Activist (2008); an internationally acclaimed anthology of contemporary Celtic language poets entitled Writing the Wind: A Celtic Resurgence (The New Celtic Poetry) and his collection of poetry The Laugharne Poems written at the Dylan Thomas boathouse in Laugharne, Wales in 1993 and 1995. He has translated two volumes of the Sufi poet Hafiz-In Wineseller's Street (Iran Books) and Drunk On the Wine of the Beloved (Shambhala Press). He has belonged to and worked with several environmental organizations, has been an editor of major literary and cultural journals and anthologies and is founder and publisher of New Native Press (www.newnativepress.org). He lived in San Francisco during the 1970s working alongside all the people cited in his most recent book Starting From San Francisco: Beats, Baby Beats & The 1970s San Francisco Renaissance and was an original member of the group responsible for the resurrection of Beatitude magazine during those years as well as working with various bioregional groups in northern California. He is a longtime resident of the Southern Appalachians and lives in the Tuckasegee watershed and the "Little Canada" community of Jackson County in western North Carolina, USA. His archives are collected and housed at the Special Collections Library at Duke University.