Ralph Waldo Emerson
Every detachment prepares a new detachment. Of course, prophecy becomes habitual and reaches all things. Having seen one thing that was firmament …
Days in the Open
I am becoming increasingly aware of a conversation that I did not know I was a part of. Or perhaps it is …
Environmental Humanities at Exeter
It began with a conversation. Jason wanted to talk over a new environmental literature course at Phillips Exeter Academy, and Mark, at …
NAPLA Project
The year I began graduate school at the University of Washington the department of English began the Computer-Integrated Courses (CIC) Program. The …
How Not to Say Interdisciplinary
Because the literary fiction and nonfiction that I study and teach is concerned with environmental systems, the primary questions about literary production …
Right and Wrong
This morning I read Michelle Navarre’s “Cleary The Wrong Way to Teach Grammar” in The Atlantic magazine. The essay takes up the …
The Ecological Arts
Let’s just say your professional title is Professor of English and American Studies, and you happen to have been elected President of …
Ecocultural Ethics
“The true artist, like the true scientist, is a researcher using materials and techniques to dig into the truth and meaning of …
Digitalis
Strigidae: A Journal of Undergraduate Writing in the Arts and Humanities About a year ago I began working with my colleague Kirsti …
Digital Compost
“Something startles me where I thought I was safest” Walt Whitman, “This Compost” It is exciting to be a professor of English …
