Into the Woods

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The Forest Unseen
(David George Haskell)

More Than a Woodlot
(Stephen Long)

When Women Were Birds
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Stranger Magic: Charmed States and the Arabian Nights
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Fantastic Metamorphoses, Other Worlds
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Into the Woods

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Interviewer(s): 
Jim Fleming
Steve Paulson
Anne Strainchamps
Guest(s): 
David George Haskell
Terry Tempest Williams
Stephen Sondheim
Marina Warner
Stephen Long
04.14.2013
 (was 04.29.2012)

Lace up the hiking boots and grab the bug spray!   Spring is here and we're heading Into The Woods.  Learn how to read a forest.   Unlock the meanings hidden in leaf and bole, twig and soil.  And celebrate the woods in fairytale, myth, story and song.

  1. David George Haskell on the Forest Unseen

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    Biologist David George Haskell spent a year making weekly visits to the same one-square-meter patch of old-growth forest near his home in Tennessee.  His writes about his experiment in "contemplative science" in a series of gorgeous essays, called "The Forest Unseen".

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  2. Stephen Long on How to Read a Forest

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    Stephen Long is the founder of Northern Woodlands Magazine.  He takes us for a walk in his Vermont woods and teaches us how to "read" a forest.

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  3. Terry Tempest Williams on Walking in the Woods

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    Noted nature writer Terry Tempest Williams knows that the woods can be frightening, if you go walking in them with the wrong person.  She tells the story of how she narrowly escaped a brutal attack while hiking.

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  4. Marina Warner on Enchanted Forests

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    For thousands of years, people have been telling stories about magical woods and enchanted forests.  Writer and mythographer Marina Warner talks about the forest in human memory and imagination.

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  5. Stephen Sondheim on "Into the Woods"

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    "Into the Woods" celebrates its 25th anniversary this year.  Stephen Sondheim chats with Steve Paulson about the history of the legendary musical.

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