“Many will read Going Away to Think and have the same reaction I had--recognizing the tensions they’ve felt without consciously identifying or being able to articulate them before. . . These issues have never been so well articulated or identified. Most of all, the book demonstrates how all these conflicting purposes and desires can be synthesized, balanced, brought into a conjunction that is beautiful in its creativity, startling in its clear-sighted intelligence, utterly convincing, and thoroughly moving.” --Ian Marshall, author of Peak Experiences: Walking Meditations on Literature, Nature, and Need
“What is the relationship between literature and the world, between art and activism? . . . What is ‘ecocritical responsibility’? In this beautifully written, inspiring book, Scott Slovic takes these questions on with fearlessness, sensitivity, and grace. The answers he posits are--without question--the most satisfying and insightful to date.” --Joni Adamson, coeditor of The Environmental Justice Reader
"This is a thinking man's book. You are well-advised to wear your seat-belt at all times." — Wild Blue Yonder
"Slovic's struggle to engage meaningfully with humanity and art in order to fight for a natural world he loves will resonate with readers grappling with their own balancing acts between the personal and planetary." — Publisher's Weekly
"...Recommended reading for all environmental activists and non-specialist general readers with an interest in environmental issues." — The Midwest Book Review
"By telling his own stories, Slovic illuminates the nature of nature writing, its power to inspire attentiveness to our place in the world—and he invites us to get out there and experience the natural world for ourselves." -- Western American Literature
~Linda Underhill, Western American Literature
