The Crane Husband by Kelly Barnhill. A slim, creepy, and evocative novella about the tolls that art and love can take--on the ones that make them and the people around them. I got interested in the crane wife story back when CJ Hauser's wonderful essay was going viral: the appeal, in the folktale, cranes are… Continue reading Reading Roundup: August 2024
Blog
Takeaways from Introduction to Disaster Management
In spring 2023, I took an 8-week course titled Introduction to Disaster Management. I've thought about the material from that course very frequently ever since--especially during the summer, when we see more frequent fires, floods, hurricanes, and heat waves. I've struggled to summarize and share this information, though. The textbook we used for the course… Continue reading Takeaways from Introduction to Disaster Management
Reading Roundup: July 2024
Walden by Henry David Thoreau. Sometime, I missed reading this in high school or college. I mostly knew Thoreau as the butt of a joke: the man who went to live in the woods but still had his mother nearby to send him food and do his laundry. But I learned more recently that Thoreau's… Continue reading Reading Roundup: July 2024
Climate Roundup: Another long hot summer
Climate impacts Earth Is Sneakily Getting Thicker and Our Days Are Getting Longer, Scientists Say (Popular Mechanics, July 18, 2024) Barred Owls Blur Lines Between Invasive Species and Refugees (Atmos, July 1, 2024) Climate change is already making your bills more expensive (Washington Post, June 24, 2024) Extreme heat is wilting and burning forests, making… Continue reading Climate Roundup: Another long hot summer
Reading Roundup: June 2024
How Much of These Hills is Gold, Ship Fever, A Billion Black Anthropocenes, Closer. And In the Dream House, again.
Climate roundup: The longest day of the year
Happy solstice, friends. There is a heat emergency in Philadelphia and much of the northeast right now. Stay cool, stay hydrated. It's officially going to be Too Hot Out There (Indignity, June 17, 2024) Interactive map: Heat risk (National Weather Service) Plastic Free July Every year, the Plastic Free Foundation declares Plastic Free July to… Continue reading Climate roundup: The longest day of the year
Sara Davis 