![]() ![]() “The Dyings have been too deep for me,” Emily wrote. Malaria, typhoid, and cholera ripped through families. ![]() Black slaves, having fled rape and lynching, hid in her neighbors’ barns. Loggers were advancing through the continent’s virgin forests. White supremacists were gathering in armies and marching north. I protest on Emily’s behalf: that is the wrong bird. Long after, artists illustrated her poem with a bird that always seems to be a perky little thing, sort of a cross between a bluebird and a wren, with its flirty tail and open beak-a juvenile, to judge from its big head. Their entwined art offers pluck, stubborn resolve, and even some laughter to those who have for years been working for environmental sanity, social justice, and ecological thriving. How do Earth’s protectors find the heart to continue the struggle? To this question, environmental philosopher Kathleen Dean Moore and Canadian artist Bob Haverluck bring twenty-two life-affirming essays and drawings. ![]() It’s hard to go on, but it is morally impossible to quit. Reprinted by permission.Įarth’s weary lovers are tired, perplexed, and battered from all directions. Published by Oregon State University Press. From Take Heart: Encouragement for Earth’s Weary Lovers © 2022. ![]()
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