Writing

Updated May 18, 2006

Ivy and Brick are familiar images at the University of Connecticut, where Professor Thorson makes his academic home.

For the last few years, much of my scholarly effort has gone into writing for the public, rather than peer reviewed journals for specialists. I have pursued three separate venues for this work.

BOOKS

Since 1998, I have published three books for the general readership.

Click here for a List of Books.

I am now completing a book on kettle lakes and ponds to be published in May 09 through Walker & Company,

ESSAYS

Most of these involve New England landscapes and were published in The Hartford Courant's special commentary section, PLACE, which appears each Sunday. Others have been published in the Boston Globe, the Providence Journal, and the new London Day. Somere were reprinted by the syndicate associated with the Chicago Tribune, owner of the Courant (Los Angleles Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune).

Click here for a List of Essays. All are available on bibliographic electronic data bases.

Click here to link to iConn, Connecticut's digital library, then search for Thorson as an author in the Hartford Courant.

OPINION COLUMNS

As of February 1, 2005, I have published 131 consecutive columns for the Op-Ed section of the Thursday statewide edition of the Hartford Courant. I write on the "Other Opinion" page, which means that I am completely unconstrained by, and sometimes contrary to, the position of the newspaper. Most of my columns deal with the global environment, natural hazards, academia, and philosophical approaches to Nature.

Click here for a List of Columns. All are available on bibliographic elecronic data bases.

Click here to link to iConn, Connecticut's digital library, then search for Thorson as an author in the Hartford Courant.

TECHNICAL WRITING

See Curriculum Vitae for List of Other Publications

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