A Wall Street Journal letter uses “Silas Marner” to blame the California wildfires on state agencies–thereby missing a chance to use it against the real culprit.
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George Eliot Applied to Climate Change
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Verses upon the Burning of a House
A poem for California’s wildfire victims: Anne Bradstreet’s “Verses upon the Burning of Our House, 1666.”
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Red Wind in California
60 mph wind bursts are fueling the fires burning L.A., bringing to mind Chandler’s noir novella “Red Wind.” For him, the wind is the dark wildness at the core of society.
Apocalyptic Fire Ravages the Nation
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!
Trump’s recent remarks about California forest management indicate that he really is Kosinski’s Chance the Gardener.
Elemental Joy in California’s Wildfires?
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
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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