"A poet-naturalist in the Thoreauvian tradition, Thurston constantly reminds us of how important it is to be fully present in the midst of our own brief lives and to be sensitive to the more-than human world around us." -- Leonor Maria Martinez Serrano, University of Cordoba, Spain, 2020.
"The lines are clear, thought-through, elemental, irrefutable. They transform history, economics, and ecology into experienced truth.... Thurston is a marvelous poet; his third book is not only his best but also one of the best to be published in, well, 15 years."
— George Elliott Clarke on Thurston's If Men Lived on Earth (2000)
Harry Thurston is an a writer, poet, playwright, editor, educator and naturalist living on a salt marsh in Nova Scotia. He is one of Canada's and the Atlantic Provinces' foremost contributors to the body of literature on environmental issues.
His award-winning book, Tidal Life: A Natural History of the Bay of Fundy, … Continue reading the story "Words from the salt marsh"