Monarch sipping on liatris, by Gene Wilburn, via Flickr Commons.
My heart is moved by all I cannot save
So much has been destroyed
I have to cast my lot with those who, age after age,
Perversely, with no extraordinary
Power, reconstitute the world.
—Feminist poet Adrienne Rich
Nuvo Newsweekly has published my piece responding to Barbara Kingsolver’s novel Flight Behavior.
“It’s an elegy to the beauty of the familiar world, the world that is soon to be a thing of the past. Kingsolver invites us to begin the process of grieving, embodying that lost beauty in the form of the monarch butterfly…”
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Indy-area folks can pick up Nuvo for free, or you can read the rest of the article here.
Have you read the book? What was your response?
Shawndra Miller 