Two eco lit poems about desert tortoises and cold cavernous landscapes. By poet Maurya Simon.
A story of Sergey and Ramona in three acts
Lauren Bon imagines a Los Angeles River after us. An Interview with the artist behind Bending the River and Not a Cornfield.
A story of Sergey and Ramona in three acts
By Bob Sipchen
Photojournalist Shannon Aguiar discusses the power of bearing witness.
By Tori O'Campo
Lauren Bon imagines a Los Angeles River after us. An Interview with the artist behind Bending the River and Not a Cornfield.
By Steffie Nelson
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Read more about the fight for the New Frontier and against erasure in Erin Aubry Kaplan's "Black Middle-Class Dreams Deferred."
Link in bio!
Today marks one year since Russia invaded Ukraine. #UkraineRussianWar
Photographer @AdaLuisaTrillo visited Ukraine last May and captured all that was left behind, including Ukraine's senior citizens could not — or would not — leave their city.
To see more of Ada's photography and read about her experience in Ukraine, visit the link in bio.
Los Angeles-based poet Maurya Simon shares two new poems in our most recent Eco Lit release.
Check out "Desert Tortoise Lament" and "Landscape in December" now, link in bio!
"A week before the summer solstice, the numerologist Tim Luna worries the date into perfect configuration for Armageddon."
Read more of "The Numerologist" by Lisa Teasley (@lisateas) now! Link in bio🐍
Illustration by Nancy Hope (@hopebird)
We are excited to add a new story to our Eco Lit series.
Read Bob Sipchen's new fiction "Sergey and Ramona and the Mystery of the Decapitated Desert Palms" – a story in three acts. Link in bio, now!🌴🏜
"You can’t turn a blind eye to a photograph. Once you’ve seen it, you’ve seen it. You can’t unsee it."
Visit the link in bio to read an interview with photojournalist Shannon Aguiar (@shannonaguiar) as she discusses the power of bearing witness. 📸
Interview conducted and edited by Managing Editor Tori O'Campo (@melitorian).
NEW AUDIO!
Listen now to Aaron Gilbreath (@prowlinggila) read his article "Never Summer" as he discusses how climate change has turned the season of endless play to one of constant worry.
(Photo by Aaron Gilbreath. A fire-fogged sky provides an apocalyptic backdrop to St. John's Bridge in Sept. 2020.)
"[The Los Angeles River] is unlike any other LA landmark, a built and natural hybrid that both contains and washes away the city’s history, injustices and hopes for the future."
Read more about artist Lauren Bon, Metabolic Studios and imagining the future of the Los Angeles River. Link in bio!
Written by @steffienelson. Photo by @metabolicstudio and @laurenmetropolis.
"I wanted to humanize. I wanted people to connect"
Photographer Gregory Bojorquez (@bojorquez5) started documenting his East Los Angeles surroundings as a teenager — from the mundane to the mournful, including families, parties, gangsters, skaters, punks, lowriders, storefronts and landscapes.
His new coffee-table compilation, "Eastsiders," is a testament to the photographer’s unique place in the culture.
Read the interview (by @linalecaro) and check out Bojorquez's photos, link in bio!
With election day quickly approaching, Texas' gubernatorial race between Greg Abbot and Beto O'Rourke offers up a referendum on American masculinity.
Read more, link in bio.
"The lasting impression of AHORA, like ASCO’s early monumental work, uniquely echoes the past while honoring how to process our current reality."
Read more about the AHORA exhibit (curated by @thinkspace_art and @tlalocstudios) and how the featured 44 artists of varying mediums captured a side of LA art community that is echoing its past and processing its future.
Written by @rennybaey. Header art by @valeriej.bower.
In our newest Eco Lit edition, award-winning poet Mary Fitzpatrick shares two never before seen poems: "Beckon" and "Ash Summer."
Check out these poems, and other eco lit poetry and fiction, fresh on our site now! Link in bio.
You asked for more environmental book recommendations, and we heard you!
In this second batch of recommended reads (Volume Two: Making Contact), contributor and author Dean Kuipers lays down five more foundational reads for inspiring an environmental consciousness.
FOR THE LIST, FIND THE LINK IN BIO!📕🍃
And, let us know what you’d add or subtract, and share your reviews below!
After a water expert resigned in protest, will California get serious about aridification?
Read more in Nick Schou's (@nschou) "No Water Out There," link in bio!🏜️
(Photo of Lake Mead’s rapid disappearance. Courtesy of NASA Earth Observatory)
“He’s an insider acknowledging what everybody knows and saying what nobody wants to say.”
Read more about the troubling realities of ardification in California and water policies that are facing criticism. Link in bio.
Has summer come to an end? Climate change has turned the season of endless play to one of constant worry.
Read more in Aaron Gilbreath's Never Summer. Link in bio now!
What was once a season of endless play has now shifted into a season of constant reminder of the detremintal changes our climate is facing.
The Pacific Northwest is a prime example of living out these changes. Check out @prowlinggila's newest piece on Oregon forest fires, parenting amongst dramatic climate change, and the end of summer. Link in bio.
Read more as Elizabeth Kolbert discusses her new book "Under a White Sky," and why you can’t go back, link in bio!🌎️
(Photo by @shannonaguiar)
🚨New Eco-Lit Poem Alert🚨
Read "The Dream of the Virgins" by Jennifer Clement. Link in bio!
Photo by @shannonaguiar
5 Essential Reads for Your Inner Environmentalist 🌍 Part One!!!
COMMENT below what book you think should (or shouldn’t!) be on this list. Your choice may be featured next!
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