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Gaston-Paul Effa, Moine-Pèlerin Et Flambeur Au Risque De La Forêt Camerounaise, Sylvie Kande Nov 2023

Gaston-Paul Effa, Moine-Pèlerin Et Flambeur Au Risque De La Forêt Camerounaise, Sylvie Kande

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Book review of Gaston-Paul Effa's 2019 novel, La vertical du Cri. The narrator finds salvation in wandering between nations and throughout the African rainforest.


Motherism, African Women And Ecological Advocacy In Aminata Sow Fall’S L’Ex-Père De La Nation And Douceurs Du Bercail, Olubunmi O. Ashaolu Sep 2021

Motherism, African Women And Ecological Advocacy In Aminata Sow Fall’S L’Ex-Père De La Nation And Douceurs Du Bercail, Olubunmi O. Ashaolu

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The literary discourse of francophone Africa, has been indicted for ecocritical passivity. Yet many literary texts emanating from francophone Africa are replete with portraits of the environment. Even though Aminata Sow Fall, the Senegalese socio-realist falls within the category of authors who seek equilibrium in their treatment of African postcolonial issues, most of her works are laden with ecocritical concerns. Hidden within the literary portraits of postcolonial and environmental chaos of Africa lies Sow Fall’s projection of African problems and their alternative solution via her characters’ sensitization of ecological consciousness in readers. Through the theoretical framework of Catherine O. Acholonu’s …


5 Poems Beginning With The Moon, Yvonne E. Blomer Oct 2020

5 Poems Beginning With The Moon, Yvonne E. Blomer

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Five poems that explore isolation, the environment and meandering thoughts, sometimes with a hint of irony.


The Cost Of Doing Business, Kimberly C. Christensen Oct 2020

The Cost Of Doing Business, Kimberly C. Christensen

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When the last polar bear in captivity dies, a young fund manager questions their ability to continue business as usual.


Stray Thoughts And Desire Paths—A Dialogue, Jenna Butler, Yvonne E. Blomer Oct 2020

Stray Thoughts And Desire Paths—A Dialogue, Jenna Butler, Yvonne E. Blomer

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In this dialogue, authors, teachers, and environmentalists Yvonne Blomer and Jenna Butler discuss the ways in which our desire paths—our intents for our lives—have changed since the start of the pandemic. Covering women's writing, feminism, daily life during the pandemic, environmentalism, and race, this dialogue is an act of allyship from two women of different backgrounds writing together.


Anatomic By Adam Dickinson, Heather Houser May 2020

Anatomic By Adam Dickinson, Heather Houser

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Review of Adam Dickinson's Anatomic.


Save The Trees. Save Humanity., Lindsey Davis Jun 2019

Save The Trees. Save Humanity., Lindsey Davis

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Visual art by Lindsey Davis


Environmental Art And Activism: Editors’ Notebook, Alec Follett, Melanie Dennis Unrau Jun 2019

Environmental Art And Activism: Editors’ Notebook, Alec Follett, Melanie Dennis Unrau

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Editorial introduction to the special issue on environmental art and activism, The Goose, volume 17, issue 2 (2019).


The Ocean Container By Patrik Sampler, Angie Abdou Jun 2019

The Ocean Container By Patrik Sampler, Angie Abdou

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Review of Patrik Sampler's The Ocean Container


Writer As Activist, Activist As Writer, Marybeth Holleman May 2019

Writer As Activist, Activist As Writer, Marybeth Holleman

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This brief essay describes the quandry and found guidelines of balancing art and activism, specifically as a writer. Examples come from the author's own work.


Weather, Yvonne E. Blomer Sep 2018

Weather, Yvonne E. Blomer

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Poetry by Yvonne Blomer.


Uncontrolled Burn, Elizabeth Miller Sep 2018

Uncontrolled Burn, Elizabeth Miller

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Poetry by Elizabeth Miller.


The Larger Conversation: Contemplation And Place By Tim Lilburn, Emory Shaw Aug 2018

The Larger Conversation: Contemplation And Place By Tim Lilburn, Emory Shaw

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Review of Tim Lilburn's The Larger Conversation: Contemplation and Place.


A Collaboration Of Poetry And Art: The Krill Kill Project, Diane Guichon, Sarah Melanie Harrill Feb 2018

A Collaboration Of Poetry And Art: The Krill Kill Project, Diane Guichon, Sarah Melanie Harrill

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Artist Sarah Melanie Harrill interrogates poet Diane Guichon's poem "Krill Kill" in this project of interwoven, creative representations and musings on the connectivity between nature and humanity. This project formed part of the Calgary People's Poetry Festival in the fall of 2017.


Cleaner, Greener, Healthier: A Prescription For Stronger Canadian Environmental Laws And Policies By David R. Boyd, Alex D. Ketchum Feb 2018

Cleaner, Greener, Healthier: A Prescription For Stronger Canadian Environmental Laws And Policies By David R. Boyd, Alex D. Ketchum

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Review of David R. Boyd's Cleaner, Greener, Healthier: A Prescription for Stronger Canadian Environmental Laws and Policies.


The Moth Snowstorm By Michael Mccarthy, Joanna Streetly Aug 2017

The Moth Snowstorm By Michael Mccarthy, Joanna Streetly

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Review of Michael McCarthy's The Moth Snowstorm.


The Oxford Handbook Of Environmental History Edited By Andrew C. Isenberg, Lorelei L. Hanson Feb 2017

The Oxford Handbook Of Environmental History Edited By Andrew C. Isenberg, Lorelei L. Hanson

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Review of Andrew C. Isenberg's The Oxford Handbook of Environmental History.


The Optimistic Environmentalist: Progressing Towards A Greener Future By David R. Boyd, Janet Grafton Feb 2017

The Optimistic Environmentalist: Progressing Towards A Greener Future By David R. Boyd, Janet Grafton

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Review of David R. Boyd's The Optimistic Environmentalist: Progressing Towards a Greener Future


Hill By Jean Giono, Jody L. Ballah Feb 2017

Hill By Jean Giono, Jody L. Ballah

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A review of Jean Giono's Hill.


Towards A Prairie Atonement By Trevor Herriot, Gillian Harding-Russell Feb 2017

Towards A Prairie Atonement By Trevor Herriot, Gillian Harding-Russell

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Review of Trevor Herriot's Towards a Prairie Atonement.


The Duende Of Tetherball By Tim Bowling, Gillian Harding-Russell Feb 2017

The Duende Of Tetherball By Tim Bowling, Gillian Harding-Russell

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Review of Tim Bowling's The Duende of Tetherball.


An Environmental History Of Medieval Europe By Richard C. Hoffman, Geneviève Pigeon Dr Aug 2016

An Environmental History Of Medieval Europe By Richard C. Hoffman, Geneviève Pigeon Dr

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Review of Richard C. Hoffman's An Environmental History of Medieval Europe.


The Book Of Feral Flora By Amanda Ackerman & Skeena By Sarah De Leeuw, Emily Mcgiffin Aug 2016

The Book Of Feral Flora By Amanda Ackerman & Skeena By Sarah De Leeuw, Emily Mcgiffin

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Review of Amanda Ackerman's The Book of Feral Flora. Review of Sarah de Leeuw's Skeena.


Stone: An Ecology Of The Inhuman By Jeffrey Jerome Cohen, Joel Weishaus Aug 2016

Stone: An Ecology Of The Inhuman By Jeffrey Jerome Cohen, Joel Weishaus

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Review of Jeffrey Jerome Cohen's Stone: An Ecology of the Inhuman


Magnetic North, Pyramiden, Svalbard, Jenna Butler Mar 2016

Magnetic North, Pyramiden, Svalbard, Jenna Butler

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excerpts from Magnetic North Pyramiden, Svalbard


Imitation, Kathryn M. Rogers Mar 2016

Imitation, Kathryn M. Rogers

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Poetry by Kate Rogers


Bee Work | Departure, Anne Simpson Mar 2016

Bee Work | Departure, Anne Simpson

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How do we get closer to the nature of the bee’s, or any non-human's, experience, mystery that it is? This essay is a lyrical meditation on the power (and challenges) of poetry and language to access non-human worlds.


Two Poems, Andrew Taylor Dr Mar 2016

Two Poems, Andrew Taylor Dr

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Poetry by Andrew Taylor


Three Poems, Pearl Pirie Mar 2016

Three Poems, Pearl Pirie

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Poetry by Pearl Pirie


Gooseworld, Marella Hoffman Mar 2016

Gooseworld, Marella Hoffman

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Poetry by Marella Hoffman