About the Well-read Naturalist
What do you do when you have:
- a B.A. in English and American literature
- an M.A. in education
- an M.B.A.
- a life-long love of books
- an unbridled love of the study of natural history in all its many forms
- a burning desire to share what you’ve read with others
You create a website through which to review natural history books, what else?
While my primary site, John E. Riutta; Writer, Reviewer, Photographer, Consultant, continues to chronicle my adventures, reflections, and photographic work, as well as serve as the primary site for my marketing and communications consulting activities, The Well-read Naturalist is devoted entirely to books (and occasionally other related media) pertaining to natural history. So whether it flies, bears live young, has a life cycle best measured in centuries, photosynthesizes, undergoes metamorphosis, or lives at the lowest depths of the ocean, if there is a worthy book describing, explaining, investigating, or even recounting the life of someone who studied it, The Well-read Naturalist will seek to review it here.
Publishers wishing to bring their current or forth-coming titles to my attention for possible review and inclusion on The Well-read Naturalist are encouraged to contact me directly. Advance proof copies are accepted but works with significant photography or illustrations as a key part of their overall production must provide the actual published work as a validation of the proof copy.
