Dark Fiction, Sinister Reality: A Conversation with Brenda Becette
In this bilingual podcast, Brenda Becette talks with Bri Meyer about the role of fiction in our dystopic reality. Becette’s short stories avenge women, children, and environment.
In this bilingual podcast, Brenda Becette talks with Bri Meyer about the role of fiction in our dystopic reality. Becette’s short stories avenge women, children, and environment.
Laleh Ahmad speaks with Ramachandra Guha on his new book, Speaking with Nature (2024). They discuss the history of environmentalism in India and how it differs from the West, especially through key thinkers’ intertwining of social justice and nature.
Prerna Rana speaks with Sarah Robert and Jennifer Gaddis about their new book, Transforming School Food Politics Around the World. They discuss school food programs’ catalytic potential in the betterment of global health, agriculture, and care.
Kate Phelps speaks with Sunaura Taylor on her book Disabled Ecologies. They discuss the contamination of the Tucson aquifer as an origin for understanding the mutual injury of humans and the environment.
Christy Tidwell traces the history of taxidermy, its connections to the Gothic horror genre in pop culture, and its spooky connotations.
Elijah Levine speaks with Celeste Winston about marronage as a placemaking practice. By drawing on connections across time, the conversation reveals how Black folks in the United States build lasting infrastructures to disrupt power structures.
Samm Newton interviews Dr. Christina Gerhardt about her 2023 book Sea Change, which is a collection of essays, a history of connection, and a window into island nations facing an uncertain future.
Streets are political spaces. Bob Giordano tells why bikes and other modes of sustainable transportation make them safer and more equitable.
Past and present managing editors of Edge Effects reflect on the magazine’s history and celebrate how far it has come since launching in 2014.
Beyond “doom bros” and end-of-history narratives, Jessica Hurley’s new book looks to the stories Black, queer, Indigenous, and Asian American writers tell about nuclear infrastructures and the radical politics of futurelessness.