Environmental Literature: Unit 2-American Eaters (Farmers, Hunters, and Thinkers)

Unit 2: American Eaters (Farmers, Hunters, and Thinkers)

“Eating is an agricultural act”-Wendall Berry, "The Pleasures of Eating"

Readings:

Week 1: December 9-13th

Thursday

-“Elk Country” by Marissa Landrigan, from Orion Magazine

Week 2: December 16^th-20th

Tuesday

- from “A Sand County Almanac” by Aldo Leopold (to be followed with the film Green Fire about Leopold’s life)

Thursday

-Taylor’s choice!  

Week 3: December 30^th-January 3^rd

Thursday

-Food poetry part I: to be passed out in class

Week 4: January 6th-10th

Tuesday

-"Consider the lobster" by David Foster Wallace

Thursday

-Food poetry part II: to be passed out in class