Imaginings
stories, creative nonfiction, poetry, and other imaginative accounts of the natural world
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Portrait of an Insect Lover: Alexandra Magro
By Birgit Müller I met Alexandra Magro this spring, at the first Grand Conference of the French Academy of Sciences entitled “Insects: Friends, Foes, and Models.†I had contributed a presentation of the blog series Silent Spring Continued at the poster session, hoping to attract insect lovers ready to tell me their stories of love…
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Making Tracks: Gregg Mitman
In the “Making Tracks†series, RCC fellows and alumni present their experiences in environmental humanities, retracing the paths that led them to the Rachel Carson Center. For more information, please click here. By Gregg Mitman My journey to the Rachel Carson Center began in 1967 in the backseat of a blue Dodge sedan, packed with my…
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Making Tracks: Paula Ungar
In the “Making Tracks†series, RCC fellows and alumni present their experiences in environmental humanities, retracing the paths that led them to the Rachel Carson Center. For more information, please click here. “Walking the Line between Worlds†By Paula Ungar The first thing I wrote of which I have clear memory is a short verse…
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Making Tracks: Sai Suryanarayanan
In the “Making Tracks†series, RCC fellows and alumni present their experiences in environmental humanities, retracing the paths that led them to the Rachel Carson Center. For more information, please click here. “Relations between Scientists and Animals in Experimental Systems” by Sai Suryanarayanan Late one warm and starry July 2007 night in Madison, Wisconsin, I sneaked…