In “Almanac of the Dead” (1991), Silko foresees Arizona’s current water problems.
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Silko Foresaw Arizona’s Water Crisis
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On Black Friday, Stay Focused
In “Ceremony,” Leslie Marmon Silko warns what can happen if we let commercialization blind us to our real gifts. It’s a good lesson for Black Friday.
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Following a Drought, Healing Rain
Tuesday For weeks now, we here in Tennessee and other parts of the American south have been gripped by what they’re calling a “flash drought.” Abnormally high temperatures and lack of any precipitation have been “cracking farm soil, drying up ponds and raising the risk of wildfires.” We’re far from the worst extreme weather event […]
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Drought and the Human War on Nature
Pueblo novelistLeslie Marmon Silko finds a combination of spiritual, psychological and economic explanations for drought.
