Lucky Mud & Other Foma: A Field Guide to Kurt Vonnegut's Environmentalism and Planetary Citizenship

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A fascinating deep dive into Kurt Vonnegut&’s oeuvre and legacy, illuminating his unique perspective on environmental stewardship and our shared connections as humans, Earthlings, and stardust.Vonnegut&’s major apocalyptic trio—Cat&’s Cradle, Slapstick, and Galápagos—prompt broad global, national, and species-level thinking about environmental issues through dramatic and fantastic scenarios. This book, Lucky Mud and Other Foma, tells the story of the origins and legacy of what Kurt Vonnegut understood as &“planetary citizenship&” and explores key roots, influences, literary techniques, and artistic expressions of his interest in environmental activism through his writing. Vonnegut saw writing itself as an act of good citizenship, as a way of &“poisoning&” the minds of young people &“with humanity . . . to encourage them to make a better world.&” Often that literary activism meant addressing real social and environmental problems—polluted water, soil, and air; racial and economic injustice; isolating and dehumanizing technologies; and lives and landscapes desolated by war. Vonnegut&’s remedies took many forms, from the redemptive power of the arts to artificial extended families to vital communities and engaged democracies. Reminding us of our shared connections as humans, as Earthlings, as stardust, Lucky Mud helps fans, scholars, and book lovers of all kinds experience how Vonnegut&’s writings purposely challenge readers to think, create, and love.
Copyright:
2022

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Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
368 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781644212264
Related ISBNs:
9781644212257
Publisher:
Seven Stories Press
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Copyrighted By:
Christina Jarvis
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Literature and Fiction, Outdoors and Nature, Language Arts
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Bookshare Staff
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