The first craft book to focus entirely on experimental nature writing, this book is a spunky, form-bending guide for anyone who wants to write about the planet with humour, vitality, and purpose but not be constrained by tradition. Drawing on decades of teaching and publishing across hybrid forms, Laura Pritchett ushers writers into a world where listicles, epistolaries, hermit-crab essays, and nonhuman voices offer unexpectedly powerful ways of engaging with a rapidly shifting environment. Through sharp craft lessons, diverse contemporary readings, and generous prompts, this book demonstrates how innovative writing can illuminate difficult truths without surrendering to doom. Whether you're a creative writer, scientist, environmental studies student, or someone devoted to a place that needs protecting, What Wild Power! gives you permission to trust your story, nudge boundaries to find the best way to express it, and embrace joyful experimentation in urgent times.

Warm, irreverent, and fiercely hopeful, it celebrates the wild power of words and experimental play to meet the moment we're in head-on. The world needs new stories for planetary good, and to tackle the climate crisis with clarity and creativity rather than despair.