Gregory Day's essays are immersed in the natural world, but think beyond the category of 'nature writing'
- Written by: David Carlin, Professor of Creative Writing, RMIT University
Wedge-tailed eagle.Russ Jenkins/ShutterstockGregory Day’s essay collection Words are Eagles is carefully subtitled: “Selected Writings on the Nature and Language of Place”.
The word “nature” has crept in there perhaps to give a nod to the reader to expect some version of “nature writing”. But this is not...