Faced with the threat of President Bush's plan to drill for oil and
gas in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, two longtime residents of
Alaska have put together an impassioned collection of literary essays
and poems on behalf of the refuge.  The collection -- published with
private funds and available online -- is being sent to every member
of Congress. Among the contributors are Rick Bass, former President
Jimmy Carter, Barry Lopez, Bill McKibben, and Terry Tempest Williams.
Even Wendell Berry, who typically advocates staying home to mind
one's own backyard and questions the idea of protecting isolated
wildernesses, says, "Hell, no" to drilling.  Read more about the book
and find out how to get it on the Grist Magazine website.

catch it only in Grist Magazine:  Just say no -- a review of Arctic
Refuge -- in our Books Unbound section
<http://www.gristmagazine.com/grist/books/books041101.stm>

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