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The Woods Watch: Spotting Climate Change In The Catskills With Longtime Locals, Tracy Raczek

Appalachia

Tracy Raczek observes signs of climate change through in her encounters with longtime locals in the Catskills forests.

The Taconic Controversy: What Forces Make A Range?, John Seward

Appalachia

The 100-mile-long Taconic Range on the western border of New England is the site of an operatic geological debate over its origins, as John Seward tells it.

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The Bluebird Chronicles: A Catskills Romance, Leslie T. Sharpe

Appalachia

Leslie T. Sharpe’s diary of her encounters with and observations of bluebirds living in a Catskills meadow near her house.

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Crazier River: The Neversink River Goes Rogue In The Climate Crisis, Hovey Brock

Appalachia

Artist Hovey Brock writes of the raging habits of the Neversink River in the Catskills of New York. The river has gone rogue in the climate change crisis.

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The Long Way Home: Lessons From The Chuckwalla, Christine Woodside

Appalachia

Christine Woodside watches a chuckwalla in the Mojave Desert and considers the survival of animals in harsh climates and how her daughter worked hard to overcome struggles and found a loving wife.

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Appalachia Winter/Spring 2022: Complete Issue

Appalachia

Winter/Spring 2022 - Volume LXXIII, Number 1 - Issue #253. Cataclysms in the Catskills and Taconics: Floods, Temperature Swings, and Bluebirds

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Among The Bedouins, A Knife Is Never Just A Knife: On Nourishment, Betrayal, And Finding Family Histories, Diana Abu-Jaber

English Faculty Publications and Presentations

This is an essay about family relationships from the perspective of a fiction writer, written in the context of the author's book, Fencing with the King.

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