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Date: Summer 2002
Interviewee: Wilma Dykeman
This interview appeared in Summer 2002 (vol. 29, no. 4) of Appalachian Journal and is reprinted here by permission of the Journal. Ms. Dykeman died at her home in Asheville, North Carolina on December 22, 2006.
Note: To...
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Date: Spring and Summer 2002
Interviewee: Janet Lembke
Janet Lembke, often referred to as an “acclaimed Southern naturalist”, is the author of Dangerous Birds, River Time, Despicable Species, Skinny-Dipping, and The Quality of Living. Her essays and poetry have appeared in publications such as Audubon, Sierra, the...
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Date: Spring 2005
Interviewee: Thomas Berry
In the late spring of 2005, southern nature writers John Lane and Thomas Rain Crowe traveled together to the home of ecologian Thomas Berry, at Wells Spring Assisted Living Center in Greensboro, North Carolina. At 91 years of age, Father...
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Date: September 5, 2007
Interviewee: Matteo Meschiari on James Kilgo
Matteo Meschiari was born in Modena, Italy in 1968. Poet and essayist, he conducts research in geography, philosophy, and anthropology. A graduate of the University of Bologna, with advanced degrees from the Université de Bourgogne and the Université Charles De...
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Date: Dec. 4, 2006
Interviewee: Eugene P. Odum
Jesslyn Shields recounts meeting Dr. Eugene P. Odum, known as the "Father of Modern Ecology." Ms. Shields now lives in Athens, Georgia, where she serves as watershed support coordinator for the Georgia River Network.
The Father of Modern Ecology...
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Date: August 2005
Interviewee: John K. Terres
(Note: This interview with John Terres was made shortly before his death in 2006. The photo shows Mark Kutner and Dr. Terres.)
John Terres is known throughout our community as a highly intelligent gentleman with an unrivaled caring
disposition....
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Date: Winter 2007
Interviewee: Erik Reece
“Where once there were jagged, forested ridgelines,” writes Erik Reece for Harper’s magazine, “now there is only a series of plateaus, staggered grey shelves where grass struggles to grow in crushed rock and shale.”
Kentucky-born poet and essayist Erik...
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Date: November 9, 2006
Interviewee: Lynn Coulter
Lynn Coulter is a native Southerner and the author of Gardening with Heirloom Seeds: Tried-and-True Flowers, Fruits, & Vegetables for a New Generation (University of North Carolina Press 2006).
Q: What are heirloom seeds?
Lynn Coulter:...
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Date: May 2, 2007
Interviewee: David Dallmeyer
First published in The Flagpole, Athens, Georgia, May 2, 2007.
The fate of Georgia’s coast has been in the political spotlight recently like never before. The final hours of this year’s legislative session at the Georgia General Assembly (now...
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Date: January 2007
Interviewee: Janisse Ray
Janisse Ray grew up on the grounds of a Georgia junkyard, amid the longleaf pine and wiregrass. However, she does not focus on wreckage and waste, but on doing what she can to reverse the destruction of the natural...
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Date: February 15, 2007
Interviewee: Franklin Burroughs
Throughout his youth, Franklin Burroughs explored the woodlands and swamps of Conway, South Carolina. In his books “The River Home,” “Billy Watson’s Croker Sack,” and most recently, “Confluence: Merrymeeting Bay,” he has continued to explore landscapes, in his words,...
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Date: February 11. 2008
Interviewee: Thomas Rain Crowe
In many ways, Thomas Rain Crowe has had two careers. One he has spent traveling the world, writing and translating poetry. Twenty-five years ago, though, he returned to North Carolina where, with the help of the land outside his door,...
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Date: December 2006
Interviewee: Bill Belleville
Floridian Bill Belleville’s essays, books, and films might lead his audiences to the swamp, the sea, or the jungle. He has toured the world, recording his travels and revealing remote places. Yet, his writing does not only highlight...
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Date: August 2007
Interviewee: Jeff Ripple
Florida landscape photographer and naturalist, Jeff Ripple and I both grew up in Florida—he in the wild southwest and me in the manicured, overly landscaped southeast. As an expatriate Floridian, I am always eager to discuss the beauty and...
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