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Jarod K. Anderson

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Jarod K. Anderson is a writer and poet from Ohio. He has published three books of nature poetry as well as the memoir Something in the Woods Loves You, about his lifelong struggle with depression and the healing power of the natural world. A starred review from Kirkus praised his memoir as, "a brilliantly poignant exploration of nature, masculinity, and the struggles of depression." His contemporary fantasy novel Strange Animals was called "a wholly captivating tale of magic and nature" by Publishers Weekly. Jarod's work has been featured in diverse places such as Asimov's, The Sun Magazine, Literary Hub, musical adaptations performed at Carnegie Hall, and strangely enough on Patagonia brand clothing. He has been a featured guest, workshop ...more

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“I cannot express how much this book scratched an itch I didn’t know I had. The deep wonder and curiosity about nature coupled with the terror of our own insignificance strummed a familiar chord within me, and reading about these singular creatures and Green’s journey confronting them inspir Read more of this blog post »
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"This book is exactly what I was looking for. You can almost smell the green of the forest while reading. A little creepy, a little hopeful. I expected a beautiful book from the Cryptonaturalist, and he delivered! "
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"One of the best fantasy books I've read. Truly imaginative and so captivating. If you love nature and the complex ecological systems of our earth, this is the book for you. We meet a guy named "Green" who is called out of his everyday life to journey" Read more of this review »
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“It’s easy to look at the contours of a forest and feel a bone deep love for nature. It’s less easy to remember that the contours of your own body represent the exact same nature. The pathways of your mind. Your dreams, dark and strange as sprouts curling beneath a flat rock. Your regret, bitter as the citrus rot of old cut grass. It’s the same as the nature you make time to love. That you practice loving. The forest. The meadow. The sweeping arm of a galaxy. You are as natural as any postcard landscape and deserve the same love.”
Jarod K. Anderson, Field Guide to the Haunted Forest

“There's an endless autumn in me,
scenting my thoughts like campfire smoke.”
Jarod K. Anderson, Field Guide to the Haunted Forest

“You won't see most of this planet.
Under each rock.
Beneath the water.
Secrets of air and soil.

Can you feel the joy behind this limitation?
That there is always a new thing to discover,
a new way to grow,
is one of the sweetest parts of living,

and it's free and inexhaustable.”
Jarod K. Anderson, Field Guide to the Haunted Forest

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“Something had been born, unexpected, the salt of the sea in its lungs. It screamed and screamed and it lived.”
Leslie J. Anderson, The Unmothers

“Be mindful of the work you leave for others.”
Jarod K. Anderson, Strange Animals

“The strangest human we know visits a royal pan-dimensional manifestation of collective history-spanning crow-intelligence while battling an incursion from beyond reality... and he asks us for simplicity.”
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“How humbling is nature? How many lives could you spend studying a single tree and still feel yourself a neophyte in the school of its character? What a gift it is to know that the ship of our curiosity will never run aground in the seas of Earth's mysteries.”
Jarod K. Anderson, Strange Animals

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