David Taylor Non-Member New

Poet and nonfiction naturalist writer

Poetry Nonfiction

David Taylor is the Chair of the Sustainability Studies Program. David is the author and editor of eight books. Creative works include my book of poetry Palm Up, Palm Down (Wings Press, 2017), Praying Up the Sun (Pecan Grove Press, 2008) and a poetry chapbook The Log from The Sea of Cortez: A Poem Series (Wings Press, 2013) based on John Steinbeck’s 1940 collecting trip with biologist Ed Ricketts. His natural history writing and creative non-fiction includes Lawson’s Fork: Headwaters to the Confluence (2000), a personal narrative on the history and natural history of Lawson’s Fork, Spartanburg’s local river. David edited an anthology, Pride of Place: A Contemporary Anthology of Texas Nature Writing (UNT Press, 2006) which received national recognition—he was interviewed on NPR’s All Things Considered on Earth Day, April 22, 2006. David is Lead Editor and Contributor, An Island in the Stream: Ecocritical and Literary Responses to Cuban Environmental Culture (Lexington Books, 2019).

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9 February

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