Blogs at AmyLouJenkins.com: Choose Your Journey

Green and Wildish Blog: Celebrate and Advocate for Our Earth

Find book reviews, green living resources and ideas, advocacy opportunities, personal essays, and spotlight on species and the natural world. Visit Green and Wildish. Go to Green and Wildish page and blog.
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Writing Blog: Write the Stories You Were Meant to Tell 

Dive into your own stories. Find expert advice, author interviews, craft lessons and the proven paths to finding and writing your stories. Go to First-Person Writing page and blog.
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Amy Lou's Author Posts: Books, Courses, Writing, and News

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Summer Reading Twist JD Vance and bell hooks

My Summer Reading Stack Took a Strange Turn J.D. Vance, bell hooks, and the question of borrowed authority I was buying books for my summer reading stack when the … Read more

Nature Writing: Why We Need It

Nature Writing: Why We Need It When I was writing Every Natural Fact, I spent hours beside a stream watching water froth over rocks. That riverine landscape wasn’t a … Read more

The Rivers Daughter, Book Review

The Rivers Daughter, Book Review A Memoir by Bridget Crocker, Spiegel and Grau, 2025, 294 pages. Explore on Amazon HERE.   In The River’s Daughter, Bridget Crocker offers a … Read more

Mental Illness and the Outdoors a Book Review: Something in The Woods Loves You

Explore on Amazon Book Review of Something in the Woods Loves you Discover Healing in Nature Mental Illness and the Outdoors: A Journey Through Pain and Nature 2024, Timber … Read more

10 Gifts to Nurture Your Child’s Love for Nature

10 Unique Gifts to Nurture Your Child’s Love for Nature In a world increasingly dominated by screens, nurturing your child’s love for nature is more important than ever. Engaging … Read more

Award Winning Nature Books

Award-Winning Nature Books You May Have Missed Award-winning nature books worth checking out: Halcyon Journey, In Search of the Belted Kingfisher by Marina Richie, 2022, Oregon State University Press, … Read more

What Is Narrative Nonfiction?

What Is Narrative Nonfiction? Definition, Examples & Literary Techniques Narrative nonfiction tells a true story using literary craft. Story is central to the form. The writer decides where the … Read more

Welcome to My New Website

Welcome to My New Website Let’s celebrate narrative nonfiction and the natural world. You’ve arrived at AmyLouJenkins.com, my new author site. While you will find author pages here, there’s … Read more

Orion Anthology People and Animals

Orion Magazine Explores People and Animals in a Beautiful Anthology Previously published in the Sierra Clubs’ Muir View. This anthology features a foreword by Jane Goodall; the essays in Animals … Read more

What Does It Mean to Eat With Grace

What Does it Mean to Eat With Grace? Previously Published in the Muir View To Eat with Grace features work from Tamar Adler, Jane Hirshfield, Barbara Kingsolver, Maxine Kumin, Gary … Read more

Shooting a Deer: the Integrity of Deer Hunting

Shooting a Deer Previously Published in Sport Literate Magazine and the anthology Corners: Voices on Change under the title Shooting a deer. This title makes an aspirational connection to George … Read more

MacFarlane and Morris Save the Lost Words

Macfarlane and Morris Save the Lost Words in a Spellbook .   When the Oxford English Dictionary removed entries related to the natural world, Macfarlane and Morris saved the … Read more