Behind the Beauty of Orchids, Centuries of Violence
Following orchids in The Farming of Bones, a novel by Edwidge Danticat, exposes tangled webs of care, violence, and the lasting power of the colonial imagination.
Tagged: Literature
In Annihilation, the Revolution Will Not Be Human
A science fiction novel offers a genre-bending perspective that helps us think about wildness, purity, and invasion in new and strange ways.
The Rise of the Climate Change Novel
What happens when our changing world starts to look more and more unreal? The recent boom in novels that depict climate change pits the real against the magical, surreal, and fantastical.
Why We Don’t Like Wild Women
In American popular culture, from the colonial era to the present, women who venture out into wild places cannot escape the strictures of gender.
Turning Toward
A writer’s poignant reflections on care and healing. What might happen if we all turned toward, instead of away?
Review: Adam Trexler’s Anthropocene Fictions
A new book surveys 150 novels about climate change and makes the case for the virtues of cli-fi.
Rhythms of Time Along the Water
The Center for Culture, History, and Environment’s Place-Based Workshop on the Mississippi River this summer inspires reflections on Mali’s critically important Niger Delta floodplain.
Four Greco-Roman Perspectives on Humans and the Environment
What did ancient people think about human impacts on the environment? Four passages offer perspectives from Greece and Rome.
5 Ways to Ford the Dam(n)ed Mississippi River
CHE’s upcoming place-based workshop elicits questions—and several suggestions—about how to navigate a river and its watershed.
January 2016 Recommendations, A Farewell, and Three New Members of the Editorial Team
A few announcements plus January 2016 recommendations from the Edge Effects editorial board.
