Few animals are as humble as the snail. Snails are thought of as ugly, slimy, and foul. A “snail’s pace” is frustratingly slow—a metaphor for making little progress. No one photographs snails. No one goes snail watching. When we see a snail, we look away—or worse, kill it. But there’s more to snails than… Continue reading What are Snail Writers? (And What Do They Know that the Rest of Us Don’t?)