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'''Anne Matthews''' is a [[college]] [[lecturer]] and author of articles and books with [[Natural environment|environmental]] and [[academic]] themes. Her book, ''Where the Buffalo Roam: Restoring America's Great Plains'' was a 1993 [[Pulitzer Prize]] finalist in [[nonfiction]].<ref> {{cite web|url=http://www.pulitzer.org/bycat/General-Nonfiction|title=Pulitzer Prizes: General Nonfiction|accessdate=December 7, 2014}}</ref> ''At Deep Creek'', written with [[William Howarth]] under the joint [[pen name]] "Dana Hand", was selected by the [[Washington Post]] as one of the best [[novels]] of 2010.<ref>http://www.dana-hand.com/authors.html</ref><ref>{{cite {{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/10/AR2010121003240.html|title=The best novels of 2010|newspaper=Washington Post|date=December 17, 2010|accessdate=December 7, 2014}}</ref> Matthews is also the author of ''Bright College Years: Inside the American College Today'',<ref>http://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/B/bo3626768.html</ref> and ''Wild Nights: Nature Returns to the City''.<ref>http://www.metrofieldguide.com/?p=616</ref>
'''Anne Matthews''' is a [[college]] [[lecturer]] and author of articles and books with [[Natural environment|environmental]] and [[academic]] themes. Her book, ''Where the Buffalo Roam: Restoring America's Great Plains'' was a 1993 [[Pulitzer Prize]] finalist in [[nonfiction]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pulitzer.org/bycat/General-Nonfiction|title=Pulitzer Prizes: General Nonfiction|accessdate=December 7, 2014}}</ref> [[Deep Creek (2010 novel)|''Deep Creek'']], written with [[William Howarth]] under the joint [[pen name]] "Dana Hand", was selected by ''[[The Washington Post]]'' as one of the best [[novels]] of 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dana-hand.com/authors.html|title=Authors - Dana Hand|author=Dana Hand|work=dana-hand.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/10/AR2010121003240.html|title=The best novels of 2010|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=December 17, 2010|accessdate=December 7, 2014}}</ref> Matthews is also the author of ''Bright College Years: Inside the American College Today'',<ref>{{cite book|title=Bright College Years|publisher=University of Chicago Press |url=http://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/B/bo3626768.html}}</ref> and ''Wild Nights: Nature Returns to the City''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.terrain.org/reviews/15/pirie.htm|title=Anne Matthews' Wild Nights: Nature Returns to the City : Reviewed by Ken Pirie : Terrain.org|work=Terrain.org}}</ref>


Matthews served on the [[Library of America]] [[editorial board]] for the two-volume collection ''Reporting World War II''.<ref>http://www.loa.org/volume.jsp?RequestID=115</ref> She has lectured at [[Princeton University|Princeton]], [[Columbia University|Columbia]], and [[New York University]]. Her various articles and reviews have appeared in the [[New York Times]], [[Outside (magazine)|Outside]], [[The American Scholar (magazine)|The American Scholar]], [[Orion (magazine)|Orion]], [[Preservation Magazine|Preservation]], and the [[Best American Science and Nature Writing]].<ref>http://qcpages.qc.edu/nnyn/conference/speakers.html</ref><ref>http://www.theamericanscholar.org/forgiveness/</ref><ref>http://www.indiebound.org/author-interviews/matthewsanne</ref>
Matthews served on the [[Library of America]] [[editorial board]] for the two-volume collection ''Reporting World War II,'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.loa.org/volume.jsp?RequestID=115|title=Library of America|work=loa.org}}</ref> and she is a contributing editor for ''[[The American Scholar (magazine)|The American Scholar]]''. She has served on the faculties of [[Princeton University|Princeton]], [[Columbia University|Columbia]], and [[New York University]], and she was the first woman to direct the [https://writing.princeton.edu/ Princeton Writing Program]. Her various articles and reviews have appeared in ''[[The New York Times]]'', ''[[Outside (magazine)|Outside]]'', ''[[Orion (magazine)|Orion]]'', ''[[Preservation (magazine)|Preservation]]'', and ''[[The Best American Science and Nature Writing]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://qcpages.qc.edu/nnyn/conference/speakers.html|title=Nature and New York Conference|work=qc.edu}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theamericanscholar.org/forgiveness/|title=The American Scholar: Forgiveness - Anne Matthews|work=theamericanscholar.org|date=December 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiebound.org/author-interviews/matthewsanne|title=Anne Matthews Interview|work=indiebound.org}}</ref>


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*[http://www.booknotes.org/Watch/80382-1/Anne+Matthews.aspx ''Booknotes'' interview with Matthews on ''Bright College Years: Inside the American Campus Today'', May 18, 1997.]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/books/97/04/20/reviews/970420.20macfart.html New York Times] ''Bright College Years: Inside the American College Today''
* ''[[The New York Times]]'' "[https://www.nytimes.com/books/97/04/20/reviews/970420.20macfart.html "Bright College Years: Inside the American College Today"]
* ''[[The Washington Post]]'' "[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/25/AR2010022505322.html Book World: Carolyn See Reviews "Deep Creek" by Dana Hand.]" [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/25/AR2010022505322.html Friday, Feb 26, 2010.]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/1997/05/18/books/without-a-parachute.html?ref=bookreviews New York Times] ''Without a Parachute'', reviewed by Anne Matthews.

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Anne Matthews
NationalityAmerican
GenreEnvironmental
SubjectEnvironmental Author

Anne Matthews is a college lecturer and author of articles and books with environmental and academic themes. Her book, Where the Buffalo Roam: Restoring America's Great Plains was a 1993 Pulitzer Prize finalist in nonfiction.[1] Deep Creek, written with William Howarth under the joint pen name "Dana Hand", was selected by The Washington Post as one of the best novels of 2010.[2][3] Matthews is also the author of Bright College Years: Inside the American College Today,[4] and Wild Nights: Nature Returns to the City.[5]

Matthews served on the Library of America editorial board for the two-volume collection Reporting World War II, [6] and she is a contributing editor for The American Scholar. She has served on the faculties of Princeton, Columbia, and New York University, and she was the first woman to direct the Princeton Writing Program. Her various articles and reviews have appeared in The New York Times, Outside, Orion, Preservation, and The Best American Science and Nature Writing.[7][8][9]

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  1. ^ "Pulitzer Prizes: General Nonfiction". Retrieved December 7, 2014.
  2. ^ Dana Hand. "Authors - Dana Hand". dana-hand.com.
  3. ^ "The best novels of 2010". The Washington Post. December 17, 2010. Retrieved December 7, 2014.
  4. ^ Bright College Years. University of Chicago Press.
  5. ^ "Anne Matthews' Wild Nights: Nature Returns to the City : Reviewed by Ken Pirie : Terrain.org". Terrain.org.
  6. ^ "Library of America". loa.org.
  7. ^ "Nature and New York Conference". qc.edu.
  8. ^ "The American Scholar: Forgiveness - Anne Matthews". theamericanscholar.org. December 2010.
  9. ^ "Anne Matthews Interview". indiebound.org.
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