Swamp Feelings
Annie Proulx’s 2022 book Fen, Bog, and Swamp is a melancholy love letter to wetland ecosystems. But missing from this lament, Nino McQuown argues, are hopeful histories of resistance.
What Are Violent Environments?
Edge Effects editors recommend readings and podcasts on violent environments in anticipation of our new themed series.
Faculty Favorites: Savor These Books on Food and Agriculture
Seven scholars from a variety of disciplines recommend readings about land, labor, animals, and people in the food system.
2022 Year In Review
Edge Effects editors reflects on some favorite essays and podcasts we published in 2022 as the year draws to a close.
Studying Yellowstone’s Burn Scars to Reveal its Future
Nathan Kiel investigates the potential for post-fire forest recovery across the greater Yellowstone ecosystem in a warming world.
A Love Letter to Weeds
Weeds are maligned as useless, or even harmful, plants. But Tabitha Faber has always had an affection for them, and thinks they can teach us something about how communities of all kinds can practice better relationships.
How Electrification Distanced Poultry Farmers from their Flocks
Electricity reshaped the poultry industry over the 20th century. Zoe Robertson asks what the costs of this transformation were for birds and inter-species relations.
Beyond Gender Monocultures, Toward Trans Horizons
The logic of plantations shape people’s lives. Gender has become a monoculture, but Max López Toledano and Topa Zenga argue that growing gender polycultures can offer a means of flourishing.
Who is Killing the Glaciers? From Glacier Funerals to Glacier Autopsies
Glaciers do not simply die; they are killed. Zachary Provant and Mark Carey discuss how attribution science can help pinpoint climate change culprits and bring justice.
Werewolves Within is the Pipeline Horror Film You Didn’t Know You Needed
Werewolves and petro-masculinity and extractive capitalism, oh my! In this review of a recent horror-comedy film, Addie Hopes and Richelle Wilson examine an overlooked aspect of the story. Where pipelines go, murder follows.