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University of Chicago Press

Book Review: The Great Derangement

May 2, 2020May 1, 2020 by Lauren Frick
Cover of The Great Derangement by Amitav Ghosh

With the future state of the planet in question, Amitav Ghosh explores the roles of literature and history in terms of their place in the climate crisis in his book …

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Categories Anthropocene, Book Reviews, Climate Change, Nonfiction, University of Chicago Press, What we're reading

Allowed to Grow Old, Portraits of Elderly Animals From Farm Sanctuaries

August 21, 2019 by JoeAnn Hart
Cover of Allowed to Grow Old: Portraits of Elderly Animals from Farm Sanctuaries by Isa Leshko

By Isa Leshko Foreword by Sy Montgomery Essays by Gene Baur and Anne Wilkes Tucker University of Chicago Press, 2019 First, a disclaimer. While I wouldn’t call it a sanctuary, …

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Categories Animal Rights, Book Reviews, Conservation, Essays, Nonfiction, Veganism

Book Review: Stung! by Lisa-ann Gershwin

December 27, 2013December 26, 2013 by JoeAnn Hart
Cover of Stung! On Jellyfish Blooms and the Future of the Ocean by Lisa-ann Gershwin

Stung! On Jellyfish Blooms and the Future of the Ocean, by Lisa-an Gershwin (The University of Chicago Press, 2013)   They’re here, and we’ve not just cleared out the guest …

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Categories Book Reviews, Nonfiction, Oceans

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