Tag Archives: California wildfires

Apocalyptic Fire Ravages the Nation

By Robin Bates | Published: September 13, 2020

For literary equivalents of the west coast fires, look to “The Aeneid” and to Vasily Grossman’s “Life and Fate.”

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We Have Chance the Gardener as Prez!

By Robin Bates | Published: November 18, 2018

Trump’s recent remarks about California forest management indicate that he really is Kosinski’s Chance the Gardener.

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Elemental Joy in California’s Wildfires?

By Robin Bates | Published: August 3, 2018

Friday Just as warming waters are causing bigger and more frequent hurricanes, so climate change is contributing to the intensity of California’s wildfires. The fires this year so far have burned 98,000 acres and killed six people, who can be added to the 44 who died last year.  An essay I wrote last October remains […]

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Brother Fire Ravages California

By Robin Bates | Published: October 11, 2017

Louis MacNeice captures what northern California is experiencing in “Brother Fire.” The poem also reveals a disturbing dark side in how we respond to catastrophe.

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