[ A] striking contribution, not just to the environmental humanities, but to the political project which this field, at its best, supports.
Alastair Hunt ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature & Environment . . .this book offers thoughtful insight about the power of rhetoric occurring in and around environmental politics, and especially at its edges. The books ability to hold a wide-ranging conversation with a diverse array of interlocutors on the topic of the importance of language and its political deployment well deserves a similarly wide-ranging and diverse audience.
Russell C. Powell Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture Rhetoric needs more audacious scholarship, and Every Living Thing is audacious yet rigorous. The inclusive nature of Johnsons approach is exemplary. Scholars of rhetoric will be citing from all parts of this book for years to come.
Debra Hawhee, author of Rhetoric in Tooth and Claw: Animals, Language, Sensation Every Living Thing is a highly original work that is also readily recognizable, which is a testament to how on point its concept is. It is brilliantly novel yet familiar. Jenell Johnsons style and scholarship, which are of the highest caliber, are worthy of deep respect.
Nathan Stormer, author of Sign of Pathology: U.S. Medical Rhetoric on Abortion, 1800s-1960s
