A Darker Wilderness (eBook)

Black Nature Writing from Soil to Stars

Erin Sharkey (Herausgeber)

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2023
Milkweed Editions (Verlag)
978-1-57131-734-6 (ISBN)

Infos

A vibrant collection of personal and lyric essays in conversation with archival objects of Black history and memory.What are the politics of nature? Who owns it, where is it, what role does it play in our lives? Does it need to be tamed? Are we ourselves natural? In A Darker Wilderness, a constellation of luminary writers reflect on the significance of nature in their lived experience and on the role of nature in the lives of Black folks in the United States. Each of these essays engages with a single archival object, whether directly or obliquely, exploring stories spanning hundreds of years and thousands of miles, traveling from roots to space and finding rich Blackness everywhere.Erin Sharkey considers Benjamin Bannekers 1795 almanac, as she follows the passing of seasons in an urban garden in Buffalo. Naima Penniman reflects on a statue of Haitian revolutionary Franois Makandal, within her own pursuit of environmental justice. Ama Codjoe meditates on rain, hair, protest, and freedom via a photo of a young woman during a civil rights demonstration in Alabama. And so onwith wide-ranging contributions from Carolyn Finney, Ronald Greer II, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Sean Hill, Michael Kleber-Diggs, Glynn Pogue, Katie Robinson, and Lauret Savoyunearthing evidence of the ways Black peoples relationship to the natural world has persevered through colonialism, slavery, state-sponsored violence, and structurally racist policies like Jim Crow and redlining.A scrapbook, a family chest, a quiltand an astounding work of historical engagement and literary accomplishmentA Darker Wilderness is a collection brimming with abundance and insight.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.2.2023
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: Alexis Pauline Grumbs • Almanacs • Ama Codjoe • Anthologies • Anthology • archives • Astrology • Astronomy • Black nature writing • black poets • black writers • Carolyn Finney • Civil Rights • Class • Creative Nonfiction • environmental justice • Erin Sharkey • Essays • farming • Fishing • freedom • Gardening • Glynn Pogue • Grief • Hair • Imagination • Independence • Inheritance • Katie Robinson • Land ownership • Lauret Savoy • lesbian nature poetry • Loss • Michael Kleber-Diggs • Museums • museums are not neutral • Naima Penniman • Nature • nature poets • nature writers • Nature writing • Protest • Rain • Ronald "Bino" Greer • Sean Hill • Travel • Trees • Urban farms • urban gardens
• ISBN-10: 1-57131-734-1 / 1571317341
• ISBN-13: 978-1-57131-734-6 / 9781571317346