Writing Environments

by Dobrin, Sidney I.; KELLER, CHRISTOPHER J.

• ISBN13: 9780791463321
• ISBN10: 079146332X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-02-28
• Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr

Summary

"Writing Environments address the intersections between writing and nature through interviews with some of America's leading environmental writers. Those interviewed include Rick Bass, Cheryll Glotfelty, Annette Kolodny, Max Oelschlaeger, Simon J. Ortiz, David Quammen, Janisse Ray. Scott Russell Sanders, Edward O. Wilson, and Ann Zwinger. From the standpoints of activits, scientists, naturalists, teachers, and high visible writers, the interviewees consider how different environments have influenced them, how their writing affects environments, and ways readers experience environments. The interviews are followed by critical responses from writing scholars. This diverse range of voices speaks lucidly and captivatingly about topics such as place, writing, teaching, politics, race, and culture, and how these overlap in many complex ways.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xi
Why Writing Environments: An Introduction	1	(6)
Sidney I. Dobrin
Christopher J. Keller
Taking Back the Language: An Interview with Annette Kolodny	7	(48)
Where Writing Takes Place: A Response to Annette Kolodny	31	(10)
Lynn Worsham
Developing Feminist-Environmental Rhetorics: A Response to Annette Kolodny	41	(10)
Elizabeth A. Flynn
Response to Flynn and Worsham	51	(4)
Annette Kolodny
Writing Activism: An Interview with Rick Bass	55	(28)
Avenues of Activism: A Response to Rick Bass	69	(6)
Christian R. Weisser
The Active Voice	75	(8)
Sid Dobrin
Writing Nature, Making Connections: An Interview with David Quammen	83	(38)
Natural Diversity: A Response to David Quammen	99	(10)
Christopher Schroeder
Of Gardens and Classrooms, Plants and Discourse: A Response to David Quammen	109	(12)
Christopher J. Keller
Writing with Intent: An Interview with Janisse Ray	121	(28)
Making Arguments: A Response to Janisse Ray	137	(6)
Julie Drew
Ecocomposition, Activist Writing, and Natural Ecosystems: A Response to Janisse Ray	143	(6)
Eric Otto
The Quest for Truth: An Interview with Max Oelschlaeger	149	(44)
Mapping Babel: A Response to Max Oelschlaeger	167	(10)
M. Jimmie Killingsworth
In Response to Max Oelschlaeger	177	(6)
Derek Owens
A Reconsideration of Wild Discourse: Response to Killingsworth and Owens	183	(10)
Max Oelschlaeger
Writing the Native American Life: An Interview with Simon Ortiz	193	(30)
Rethinking Responsibility: A Response to Simon Ortiz	207	(10)
Scott Richard Lyons
Dear Simon: A Response to Simon Ortiz	217	(6)
Malea Powell
Stories for the Earth: An Interview with Scott Russell Sanders	223	(32)
The Grounded Voice: A Response to Scott Russell Sanders	237	(6)
Lezlie Laws
One Tribe among the Host of Living Tribes: A Response to Scott Russell Sanders	243	(12)
Sushil K. Oswal
Ecocriticism, Writing, and Academia: An Interview with Cheryll Glotfelty	255	(34)
Writing, Nature, and Composing Bridges: A Response to Cheryll Glotfelty	273	(6)
Kaye Adkins
Where the Fusang Grows: A Response to Cheryll Glotfelty	279	(8)
Dean Swinford
Response to Adkins and Swinford	287	(2)
Cheryll Glotfelty
Writing Natural History: An Interview with Ann Zwinger	289	(40)
Rambling: A Response to Ann Zwinger	313	(8)
Randall Roorda
The Mud Puddle and the Rose: A Response to Ann Zwinger	321	(4)
Annie Merrill Ingram
Response to Roorda and Ingram	325	(4)
Ann Zwinger
Writing the Scientific Life: An Interview with Edward O. Wilson	329	(32)
Contradictory Stances toward Interdisciplinarity: A Response to E. O. Wilson from a Rhetorician of Science	347	(8)
J. Blake Scott
Science, the Humanities, and the Public Intellectual: A Response to E. O. Wilson	355	(6)
Christian R. Weisser
Contributors	361	(6)
Index	367