Wild Authors: Edward Stanton
In this feature, I cover the novel Wide as the Wind, by author Edward Stanton, who landed on the idea for his
The Arts & Ecology Incubator
The Ringling Museum, Sarasota, FloridaNov 21-24, 2019Thu: 5:15pm-7:00pm, Fri & Sun: 10am-5pm, Sat: 10:30am-5pmFee: $250 / $225 museum members /
Sean Dague Invites Us to Envision a Fossil Fuel-Free World
In this episode of the Art House, we use the power of our imagination to experience the future we desire.
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Cutting Water
Susan Knight is a painter and installation artist based in Omaha, Nebraska, who has focused since 2002 on the aesthetic
Wild Authors: Fábio Fernandes
I’ve recently been enjoying Adam Kirsch’s The Global Novel: Writing the World in the 21st Century. In his book, Kirsch states: The global novel exists, not as a genre separated from and opposed to other kinds of fiction, but as a perspective that governs the interpretation of experience. In this way, it is faithful to the way the global is actually lived – not through the abolition of place, but as a theme by which place is mediated. Life lived here is experienced in its profound and often unsettling connections with life lived elsewhere, and everywhere. The local gains dignity, and significance, insofar as it can be seen as a part of a worldwide phenomenon. One of the things eco-fiction is concerned about is the environmental destruction of the planet. Global eco-fiction lifts the gaze above the norm and into a worldly perspective in which authors and artists understand that ecological collapse is both a global concern and a local one. In essence,
An Interview with Artist Noel Kassewitz
This month I have for you a thought-provoking interview with Washington D.C.-based artist Noel Kassewitz. Her work is intentionally low-tech
Wild Authors: Brian Adams
In this spotlight on climate change authors I talk with Brian Adams, who has become a prolific fiction writer covering
Wild Authors: D.G. Driver
This month, we continue with the young adult/teen focus, certainly timely right now as youth have entered the front lines on fighting climate change. On March 15, 2019, an international march took place with thousands of students from dozens of countries skipping school and calling for government action. Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg helped to spur this action last year, though before that youth were already in the arena. It’s such a positive and hopeful sign, and quite naturally, literature continues to remark on such issues. This week we look at works by D.G. Driver, author of The Juniper Sawfeather trilogy, a series of fantasy novels showing how a native American teenager, Juniper, deals with oil spills, logging, and endangered orcas. D.G. has a degree in theater arts from U.C. Irvine. Her first short story was published in Catalyst Magazine, and her first original play was produced in Los Angeles. She is an actor and enjoys community theater in Nashville. She’s also a special education
On Late Style Ecotheatre
“There’s a wilding inside that connects with a wilding up there,” Uncle, the elderly environmentalist, says in my 2014 play
Elizabeth Doud and the Mermaid Tear Factory
Elizabeth Doud takes on the role of Siren Jones in her one-person performance, The Mermaid Tear Factory. Based in Miami,