Shale Play

Poems and Photographs from the Fracking Fields

Julia Spicher Kasdorf and Steven Rubin

“Rarely have I read a work that so strongly, profoundly, and empathically characterizes the history of a region through those who have labored hardest to make a decent life in a beautiful yet ravaged land.” —Alison Hawthorne Deming, author of Stairway to Heaven: Poems

Twilight of the Hemlocks and Beeches

Tim Palmer

“The noble beech and the mighty hemlock help define the forest I’ve spent my life wandering; that they are now facing ruin is one more sadness in the great sadness settling over the planet. One is enormously grateful to the author for capturing their meaning and beauty; we should do all that we can to keep them healthy.”—Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature

History and Hope

The Agrarian Wisdom of Isaiah 28–35

Daniel J. Stulac

History and Hope examines the rhetorical function of Isaiah 28–35, a relatively overlooked series of six woe oracles, in relation to reading the book of Isaiah as a whole. These eight chapters rely on the language of agrarian wisdom to transport the reader from prior reflections on historical destruction into a vision of ultimate hope. Stulac’s study, therefore, offers. . . (more)

Sepphoris III

The Architecture, Stratigraphy, and Artifacts of the Western Summit of Sepphoris

Eric M. Meyers, Carol L. Meyers, and Benjamin D. Gordon

Sepphoris was a major settlement in the Roman and Byzantine periods, with its earliest inhabitants stretching back to at least the Persian period. It has been intensively excavated by a several teams, including Duke University in the 1980s and 1990s. The present report brings to a close a series of. . . (more)