Through personal and vivid encounters with climate change, this diverse array of writers inspires readers toward awareness and action.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
STEVEN PAVLOS HOLMES, Ph.D., is an independent scholar, editor, and educator in the environmental humanities, with a special interest in people's personal experiences of the natural world. His first book, The Young John Muir: An Environmental Biography, won the Modern Language Association's Prize for Independent Scholars, and he has presented papers and workshops at numerous academic and literary conferences. He earned a doctorate in American cultural history from Harvard University, has taught both at Harvard and at the Cambridge (Mass.) Center for Adult Education, and has worked on innovative projects with The Wilderness Society and Massachusetts Audubon's Boston Nature Center. He currently lives, gardens, and watches birds in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, with his partner Carlene Pavlos and their cat, Millet.
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Introduction 1 Part I: Observations 1. Strangely Warmed 6 About the Weather / Harry Smith, Maine Snowshoe Hare / Roxana Robinson, Maine On the Eve of the Invasion of Iraq / Todd Davis, Pennsylvania Be Prepared to Evacuate / Tara L. Masih, Massachusetts Weather Weirding, 2012 / Barbara Crooker, Pennsylvania A Guest in the House / Paul Sohar, New Jersey The Things We Say When We Say Goodbye Alan Davis, Minnesota 2. Species Out of Joint 27 Search / Margarita Engle, California To Wit, to Woo / Kathryn Miles, Maine Winter Visions / Paul Sohar, New Jersey Trees of Fire and Rust Margaret Hammitt-McDonald, Oregon Burning to Zero / Carla A. Wise, Oregon A Jungle for My Backyard / Golda Mowe, Malaysia 3. Bearing Witness 57 Edged off Existence / Audrey Schulman, Massachusetts Ursus Maritimus Horribilis / Diane Gage, California Thin Line Between / Marybeth Holleman, Alaska Polar Bears / J. R. Solonche, New York Part II: Generations 4. The Gifts We're Giving Our Children 74 Learning Their Names as They Go / Kristin Berger, Oregon The Darkness / Lilace Mellin Guignard, Pennsylvania The Innocence of Ice Jamie Sweitzer Brandstadter, Pennsylvania Annapolis Bus Ride / Julie Dunlap, Maryland The Last Days / Dane Cervine, California 5. Future Imperfect 87 The Last Snow in Abilene / Benjamin Morris, Mississippi Blue Sky / Penny Harter, New Jersey After / Jo Salas, New York First Day at School / Katerina Stoykova-Klemer, Kentucky A Small Sedition / Ellen Bihler, New Jersey Tiny Black Rocks / Rachel M. Augustine, New York Part III: Revolutions 6. Twistings 107 Late Night News / Malaika King Albrecht, North Carolina The Wind / Jim O'Donnell, New Mexico A Shocking Admission of Heroic Fantasy / Jill Riddell, Illinois The Watcher / Susan Palmer, Colorado Hopeless for Today / Helen Sanchez, Montana Wrath of Human upon Gaia / Quynh Nguyen, Florida 7. Turnings 125 Strand Sonnets / Kathryn Kirkpatrick, North Carolina Beyond Denial / Willow Fagan, Michigan Glooscap Makes America Known to the Europeans Sydney Landon Plum, Massachusetts Credo / Charlie Krause, Maine Doing Work, Causing Change / Monica Woelfel, California How to Be a Climate Hero / Audrey Schulman, Massachusetts Coda 159 The Lucky Ones / Penny Harter, New Jersey The Angels Are Rebelling / Barbara Crooker, Pennsylvania About the Authors 162 Acknowledgments 172
Introduction 1 Part I: Observations 1. Strangely Warmed 6 About the Weather / Harry Smith, Maine Snowshoe Hare / Roxana Robinson, Maine On the Eve of the Invasion of Iraq / Todd Davis, Pennsylvania Be Prepared to Evacuate / Tara L. Masih, Massachusetts Weather Weirding, 2012 / Barbara Crooker, Pennsylvania A Guest in the House / Paul Sohar, New Jersey The Things We Say When We Say Goodbye Alan Davis, Minnesota 2. Species Out of Joint 27 Search / Margarita Engle, California To Wit, to Woo / Kathryn Miles, Maine Winter Visions / Paul Sohar, New Jersey Trees of Fire and Rust Margaret Hammitt-McDonald, Oregon Burning to Zero / Carla A. Wise, Oregon A Jungle for My Backyard / Golda Mowe, Malaysia 3. Bearing Witness 57 Edged off Existence / Audrey Schulman, Massachusetts Ursus Maritimus Horribilis / Diane Gage, California Thin Line Between / Marybeth Holleman, Alaska Polar Bears / J. R. Solonche, New York Part II: Generations 4. The Gifts We're Giving Our Children 74 Learning Their Names as They Go / Kristin Berger, Oregon The Darkness / Lilace Mellin Guignard, Pennsylvania The Innocence of Ice Jamie Sweitzer Brandstadter, Pennsylvania Annapolis Bus Ride / Julie Dunlap, Maryland The Last Days / Dane Cervine, California 5. Future Imperfect 87 The Last Snow in Abilene / Benjamin Morris, Mississippi Blue Sky / Penny Harter, New Jersey After / Jo Salas, New York First Day at School / Katerina Stoykova-Klemer, Kentucky A Small Sedition / Ellen Bihler, New Jersey Tiny Black Rocks / Rachel M. Augustine, New York Part III: Revolutions 6. Twistings 107 Late Night News / Malaika King Albrecht, North Carolina The Wind / Jim O'Donnell, New Mexico A Shocking Admission of Heroic Fantasy / Jill Riddell, Illinois The Watcher / Susan Palmer, Colorado Hopeless for Today / Helen Sanchez, Montana Wrath of Human upon Gaia / Quynh Nguyen, Florida 7. Turnings 125 Strand Sonnets / Kathryn Kirkpatrick, North Carolina Beyond Denial / Willow Fagan, Michigan Glooscap Makes America Known to the Europeans Sydney Landon Plum, Massachusetts Credo / Charlie Krause, Maine Doing Work, Causing Change / Monica Woelfel, California How to Be a Climate Hero / Audrey Schulman, Massachusetts Coda 159 The Lucky Ones / Penny Harter, New Jersey The Angels Are Rebelling / Barbara Crooker, Pennsylvania About the Authors 162 Acknowledgments 172
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