Composing a worthwhile Earth Day post takes more energy than I have today, so instead I’ll link to Jeremy’s Earth post at Struggle Forever! It articulates a thought I often feel on this day (surrounded as I get by students eager to maternalize the planet) but in a way that resonates with the weirdness of […]
Archive for April, 2013
Dark earth days
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Earth Day, end times on April 22, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Ecology ~ Film ~ Philosophy
Posted in Media ecology on April 19, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s what I’m slated to teach this summer, for 3 weeks beginning May 20. Ecology – Film – Philosophy
New ecocriticism book series
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged ecocriticism on April 7, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
The list of advisors for this new book series in Ecocritical Theory and Practice shows just how the field of ecocriticism has internationalized over the last two decades. I’m pleased to be part of it. Ecocritical Theory and Practice Book Series Lexington Books, Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group Ecocritical Theory and Practice highlights innovative scholarship […]
Pretty dark out there…
Posted in Spirit matter, tagged cosmology, dark energy, dark matter, speculative realism, time on April 4, 2013 | 4 Comments »
Says NASA: “It turns out that roughly 70% of the Universe is dark energy. Dark matter makes up about 25%. The rest – everything on Earth, everything ever observed with all of our instruments, all normal matter – adds up to less than 5% of the Universe. Come to think of it, maybe it shouldn’t […]