Whale Fall | Ghosh in Munich
A poetic descent into illness parallels a whale fall, uncovering beauty, vulnerability, and new forms of living.
A poetic descent into illness parallels a whale fall, uncovering beauty, vulnerability, and new forms of living.
Reflections on Amitav Ghosh’s Gun Island by Sabina Magagnoli.
Isaac Yuen’s “Tales from Coral Country” is an inventive, Calvino-esque meditation on coral formations and the potentially lethal dangers they face. It is one of the two honorable mentions in the fiction category of the RCC environmental writing competition “Tell the Untold!”
Abi Andrews’ “JUDAS DONKEY” is a memorable animal-centered story set in outback Australia, consistently atmospheric and chillingly portrayed. It is one of the two honorable mentions in the fiction category of the RCC environmental writing competition “Tell the Untold!”
Reflections on Amitav Ghosh’s Gun Island by Laura Otto.
Reflections on Amitav Ghosh’s Gun Island by Markus Vogt.
The Age of the Anthropoiescene is a time of sympoietic tanglings with the human and more-than-human ghosts of deep time.
A woman returns to her ancestral home, where mangroves speak memory, loss, and land history long buried.
Vera Krause’s “How to Reimagine Our Doomed Futures Through Ursula K. Le Guin’s Lens: A Case Study in the Argentinian Wetlands” is a sympathetic account of a so-called capybara “invasion” in contemporary Buenos Aires, taking its cue from the anarchist fantasy of Ursula K. Le Guin to show the difference between invading and reclaiming one’s space. It was one of the two honorable mentions in the reflective essay category of the RCC environmental writing competition “Tell the Untold!”
Tathagat Bhatia’s “A Few Hazy Anthropocenes” is a skilfully controlled reflection on haze as both a form of air pollution and a metaphor for the uncertainty of our times. It was one of the two honorable mentions in the nonfiction category of the RCC environmental writing competition “Tell the Untold!”