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The first collection of environmental writing about the Gulf South region, this volume features a diverse array of voices from the past 100 years. The work of these writers and artists enriches how we understand and represent the relationship between people and the rapidly changing ecology of the Gulf.Reaching from Texas to Florida, this anthology presents pieces from a variety of genres, from journalism to poetry to memoir to a graphic nonfiction book. It comprises renowned authors such as Natasha Trethewey, Jesmyn Ward, and E. O. Wilson alongside strong but lesser-known writers and emerging writers. The subjects include natural and human-made disasters, the impact of industry, influential historical events, personal encounters with the environment, and a deep love for the land and water by the people who live there.
Reflecting a range of different landscapes and their inhabitants, and emphasizing the human voice and condition throughout, The Gulf South brings to light a region whose influence on American commerce and culture reaches far beyond its geographical boundaries. This volume encourages readers to consider how we choose to characterize the environment and its degradation through language, and how these accounts affect our thinking and planning for the future.
Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Editors' Introduction
E. L. Corthell"The Delta of the Mississippi," National Geographic (1897)
Catherine Cole"Last Island," New Orleans Daily Picayune (1888)
Lafcadio HearnChita: A Memory of Last Island (1889)
John MuirA Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf (1916)
Jovita González"El Cenizo," "The Mocking Bird," and "The Guadalupana Vine," Texas and Southwestern Lore (1927)
Zora Neale HurstonTheir Eyes Were Watching God (1937)
William Faulkner"Old Man," The Wild Palms (1939)
Marjorie Kinnan RawlingsThe Yearling (1938)
Marjory Stoneman DouglasThe Everglades: River of Grass (1947)
Theodore RosengartenAll God's Dangers (1974)
Eastern Creek Indians"Petition for Recognition" (1978)
Joy Harjo"New Orleans," She Had Some Horses (1983)
John McPhee"Atchafalaya," The Control of Nature (1989)
Eddy HarrisMississippi Solo (1988)
Robert BullardDumping in Dixie: Race, Class, and Environmental Quality (1990)
John BarryRising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America (1997)
Susan OrleanThe Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession (1998)
Roger Emile Stouff"The Back End of the Canal" (2003)
Mike TidwellBayou Farewell: The Rich Life and Tragic Death of Louisiana's Cajun Coast (2003)
Steve LernerDiamond: A Struggle for Environmental Justice in Louisiana's Chemical Corridor (2005)
Diane WilsonAn Unreasonable Woman: A True Story of Shrimpers, Politicos, Polluters, and the Fight for Seadrift, Texas (2005)
Michael GrunwaldThe Swamp: The Everglades, Florida and the Politics of Paradise (2007)
Cynthia BarnettMirage: Florida and the Vanishing Water of the Eastern U.S. (2008)
Oliver HouckDown on the Batture (2010)
Bob Marshall"A Paradise Lost," The Times-Picayune (2010)
Josh NeufeldNew Orleans after the Deluge (2010)
Natasha TretheweyBeyond Katrina: A Meditation on the Mississippi Gulf Coast (2010)
Jesmyn WardSalvage the Bones (2011)
David GessnerThe Tarball Chronicles: A Journey beyond the Oiled Pelican and into the Heart of the Gulf Oil Spill (2011)
Moira CroneThe Not Yet (2012)
Kate Galbraith and Asher PriceThe Great Texas Wind Rush: How George Bush, Ann Richards, and a Bunch of Tinkerers Helped the Oil and Gas State Win the Race to Wind Power (2013)
Peggy FranklandWomen Pioneers of the Louisiana Environmental Movement (2013)
Richard MizelleBackwater Blues: The Mississippi Flood of 1927 in the African American Imagination (2014)
Bob Marshall"Losing Ground," The Lens, ProPublica (2015)
Antonia Juhasz"Thirty Million Gallons under the Sea," Harper's Magazine (2015)
Arlie HochschildStrangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right (2016)
Neena Satija"Hell and High Water," The Texas Tribune, Reveal, ProPublica (2016)
Edward WilsonHalf Earth: Our Planet's Fight for Life (2016)
Justin Nobel"The Louisiana Environmental Apocalypse Road Trip," Longreads (2017)
Jack DavisThe Gulf: The Making of an American Sea (2017)
Sources and Acknowledgments
Appendix 1. Collected Texts in Thematic Order
Appendix 2. A Very Limited List of Additional Suggested Reading
List of Contributors
Index
