History, Courage & Learning to Remember
In college, I was no history buff. Dr. Lynwood Oyos’ legendary Western Civilization class at Augustana College nearly sank me in terms of my grade point average. He was a brilliant and personable professor who…
7 Random Drops of Water: Poured, Dripped and Logged
Water is the most taken-for-granted necessity of our lives, except perhaps for air. While much of the world pines for water, here in the U.S., we bottle it, spill it, spray it out of garden…
Bioregional Literature III — The Desert
On what will certainly not be my last musings on bioregional literary criticism, I would like to offer up an interesting example. Tom Lynch, mentioned in my previous post, is an associate professor at the…
Bioregional LIterature II
While recently visiting the Western Literature Association website, I noted a literary term that was new and yet familiar to me; bioregional literary criticism. Merriam-Webster defines a bioregion as “a region whose limits are naturally…
Bioregional Literature I
To classify a literary work as “regional” may at first glance seem to limit its scope and appeal. Some essays, novels or poetry are initially slow to generate interest beyond their “land of origin.” However,…
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