University press publicist (Mad Creek Books), pottery class enthusiast. Columbus, Ohio.
Samara Rafert
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And all the credit to artist Jon Sack for his beautiful graphic adaptation. ohiostatepress.org/books/titles...
"Not one, but two David-vs-Goliath victories." Human rights advocates extraordinaire Robin Broad & John Cavanagh, authors of THE WATER DEFENDERS, talk with @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social about why this story of grassroots activism is so instructive for the current moment. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUJ4...
Thank you to @jessiegaynor.bsky.social at @literaryhub.bsky.social for giving SCRAP THEORY a boost! lithub.com/sneaking-the...
There was a time, not long ago, when state policies helped to make the crucial first steps of deploying renewable energy. I spoke with @joshuabasseches.bsky.social about his new book:
insideclimatenews.org/news/2805202...
Homeland Security killing endangered species.
AMAZING NEWS!!! So excited to announce that my hybrid essay collection THE LUNATICS’ BALL is the runner-up for the Gournay Prize and will be published in the 21st Century Essay series by Mad Creek Books (the literary imprint of Ohio University Press) in 2027. My dream publisher!
Jamelle Bouie: The cruelty is still the point of the Trump regime. “This isn’t a border security policy. It’s cruelty as governance — directed at people this administration has decided don’t deserve dignity.” [youtube.com]
Looking for new avant-garde theatre?
Jake the Cat is performing American dramatist Edward Albee's seminal one-cat play Box at this year's Edinburgh fringe.
It's a one-cat show for Jake, and the cat he's performing to is his big brother Joe.
Aug 2nd to 25th, Tickets £9, concs £6, 7.30pm, no comps.
There is already a Black feminist tradition of using the arts as historical preservation. A dynamic sampling of contemporary literature and art created by Black women considers the forms of poetry,…
i was such an avid reader of stuff i did not even get CLOSE to understanding as a kid and all it did was make me read more, and ask more questions about the world. there's a concerted effort from almost every consolidated power on this planet to make people less curious!!!!
Samara Rafert
Samara Rafert
Samara Rafert
The graphic adaptation of the acclaimed story of El Salvador’s grassroots environmental and human rights victory over a multinational mining corporation.
Hundreds of detainees at Delaney Hall in New Jersey are on hunger strike. They're being forced to work without conviction, beaten, denied medical care, and served maggot-filled food. The Secretary of Homeland Security says they're "meeting the caloric standard." This isn't a border security policy.
Please do not say the sentence "kids don't want to feel the adult behind the book" but also yes they fucking do. One of the best parts of being a kid is reading a book that is just out of your grasp of maturity. Feeling like you're getting an early preview of the world.
Luke O'Neil
A wildlife biologist discovered a decomposing Peninsular bighorn sheep that was embedded in bladed wire installed in Imperial County’s Jacumba Wilderness.
www.latimes.com
A biologist discovered a decomposing bighorn sheep tangled in concertina wire recently strung in Imperial County, part of an effort to deter illegal immigration. Advocates had warned of danger to migrating animals.
