Nature writing has often been white and male, and at times explicitly fascist. What would it mean to diversify the genre, in terms of race and gender? This week, Tom Overton talks to Jessica J. Lee, editor of The Willowherb Review (https://www.thewillowherbreview.com) about the journal and her book 'Turning: A Swimming Memoir' (2017), as well as her collaboration with The People's Forest project (https://wfculture19.co.uk/peoplesforest) and how we might imagine different kinds of nature writing.SELECTED REFERENCESAlliance for Freshwater Life - https://allianceforfreshwaterlife.org/MARGARET ATWOOD, Surfacing (1972) - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2003/sep/20/fiction.margaretatwoodGary Budden - http://www.newlexicons.com/aboutCATHERINE BUNI, ‘Towards a Wider View of Nature Writing’ (LARB, 2016) - https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/toward-a-wider-view-of-nature-writingCarolyn Finney - http://carolynfinney.com/about.htmlTHEODOR FONTANE, Rambles Through the March of Brandenburg - https://www.roughguides.com/destinations/europe/germany/berlin-and-brandenburg/theodor-fontane-and-his-brandenburg-wanderingsJESSICA J. LEE, Turning (2017) - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/may/02/turning-swimming-memoir-jessica-j-lee-reviewUrsula K. LeGuinANNA LOWENHAUPT TSING, The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins (2017) - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/oct/19/mushroom-end-world-anna-lowenhaupt-tsing-reviewIngrid Pollard – ‘Pastoral Interlude’ (1988) - http://www.ingridpollard.com/pastoral-interlude.htmlLauret Savoy – https://www.mtholyoke.edu/people/lauret-savoyRichard Smyth, ‘The Dark Side of Nature Writing’ - https://newhumanist.org.uk/articles/5331/the-dark-side-of-nature-writingUnearthly (BBC radio documentary) - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09tds6xHENRY WILLIAMSON, Tarka the Otter (1927) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_WilliamsonDorothy Wordsworth - https://fivebooks.com/best-books/william-dorothy-wordsworth-lucy-newlynWilliam Wordsworth