The Dark Mountain Books

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the dark mountain books

The Dark Mountain books are at the heart of our work. Every summer, we produce a hardback book of Uncivilised writing and art. The books are around 300 pages long, with colour plates, and are put together by our friends at Bracketpress in Lancashire, who also designed our manifesto. Books 1 and 2 were produced in 2010 and 2011 respectively. Book 3 is forthcoming in the summer of 2012.

The books feature a combination of essays, poetry, fiction, visual art and other work in less easily defined forms, all of it responding to our call for writing and art that challenges the root assumptions of our culture. Contributors include some well-known names and many who you will not have heard of, but will be pleased that you met. We always welcome new ideas and new contributors for future books.

 

Book 1

Book one appeared in the summer of 2010. Highlights include: John Michael Greer’s essay on Robinson Jeffers and the age of peak oil; Alastair McIntosh’s response to our manifesto; Glyn Hughes on poetry and farming; Jay Griffiths on the spirit of the English landscape; Paul Kingsnorth’s farewell to environmentalism; a conversation with Derrick Jensen; Dougald Hine on John Berger; fiction from Nick Hunt, Simon Lys and Paul Kingsnorth; poetry from Melanie Challenger, Mario Petrucci, Glyn Hughes, Louis Jenkins and Adrienne Odasso. More…

 

Book 2

Book two was published in summer 2011. Highlights include Naomi Klein writing about oil, precaution and control; Warren Draper’s history of the Luddites; illuminated poetry from Susan Richardson and Pat Gregory; an extract from Jay Griffiths’ new novel; two essays from Luanne Armstrong about the meaning of place and farming in Canada; John Rember on R D Laing and the false self; the last interview with the late poet Glyn Hughes; Rob Lewis and Matt Szabo on the technocratic takeover of the green movement; fiction from Nick Hunt and Antonio Dias; new poetry from Heathcote Williams, Albert Pierce Bales and Em Strang. More…

 

Book 3

We came to this issue of Dark Mountain with a question, how do we begin to find our way home? When our stories have failed us and our maps have led us astray, how do we get our bearings? And what remnants might we find of the meaning and security for which a human home, if we are lucky, might stand? More…