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Cocaine, Schizophrenia, and Nuclear Reactors: Life as an RCC Editor

By Brenda Black Our work as editors at the RCC requires us to be generalists (because of the wide variety of topics encountered), but also capable of interpreting highly specialized texts (because it is impossible to edit what one does not understand). For one… Continue Reading “Cocaine, Schizophrenia, and Nuclear Reactors: Life as an RCC Editor”

“Nature, Red in Tooth and Claw”: Jiang Rong’s “Wolf Totem”

Post by Brenda Black Jiang Rong’s autobiographical novel Wolf Totem was one of the group reads for the Global Environment Summer Academy held at the Rachel Carson Center last August. It recounts the experiences of a Chinese college student, Chen Zhen (the author’s alter… Continue Reading ““Nature, Red in Tooth and Claw”: Jiang Rong’s “Wolf Totem””