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Ghost Fishing: An Eco-Justice Poetry Anthology
Contributor(s): Tuckey, Melissa (Editor), Dungy, Camille T. (Foreword by)
ISBN: 0820353159     ISBN-13: 9780820353159
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
OUR PRICE:   $42.70  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: April 2018
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BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | Anthologies (multiple Authors)
- Literary Criticism | Poetry
Dewey: 811.008
LCCN: 2017037410
Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6" W x 8.9" (1.55 lbs) 480 pages
 
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Ghost Fishing is the first anthology to focus solely on poetry with an eco-justice bent. A culturally diverse collection entering a field where nature poetry anthologies have historically lacked diversity, this book presents a rich terrain of contemporary environmental poetry with roots in many cultural traditions.

Eco-justice poetry is poetry born of deep cultural attachment to the land and poetry born of crisis. Aligned with environmental justice activism and thought, eco-justice poetry defines environment as "the place we work, live, play, and worship." This is a shift from romantic notions of nature as a pristine wilderness outside ourselves toward recognition of the environment as home: a source of life, health, and livelihood.

Ghost Fishing is arranged by topic at key intersections between social justice and the environment such as exile, migration and dispossession; war; food production; human relations to the animal world; natural resources and extraction; environmental disaster; and cultural resilience and resistance. This anthology seeks to expand our consciousness about the interrelated nature of our experiences and act as a starting point for conversation about the current state of our environment.

Contributors Include: Zein El-Amine, Camille T. Dungy, Sara Gourdazi, Alan King, Pippa Little, Amy Miller, Katy Richey, Francine Rubin, Kevin Simmonds, Judith Sornberger, Sheree Renee Thomas, Steven F. White, and Amy Young.


Contributor Bio(s): Tuckey, Melissa: - MELISSA TUCKEY is a poet, writer, and literary activist living in Ithaca, New York. She is the author of Tenuous Chapel and a cofounder of Split This Rock, a national literary organization dedicated to supporting socially engaged poetry.