Losing Ground: Wildfire and the Limits of Disaster (Lecture)

Presenter

Stephanie LeMenager, University of Oregon

Publication Date

3-28-2022

Document Type

Presentation

Abstract

What can we learn from fiction, poetry, and non-fiction accounts of recent wildfires in the Western U.S.? LeMenager argues that authors use the extreme fires of our era to think beyond the concept of disaster, toward new timeframes for human accountability and meaning.

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