https://ewfthompson.com Roger Thompson Mon, 18 Sep 2017 02:57:53 +0000 https://ewfthompson.com en https://ewfthompson.com/Wilderness-and-Nature Mon, 18 Sep 2017 02:33:18 +0000 Roger Thompson https://ewfthompson.com/Wilderness-and-Nature <img width="400" height="605" width_o="400" height_o="605" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3a40c008c7952ba102ff42b5c81a048bc87f4c0567fe1bf2fb7ab044ffa041d8/bears_400.jpg" data-mid="8777974" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/400/i/3a40c008c7952ba102ff42b5c81a048bc87f4c0567fe1bf2fb7ab044ffa041d8/bears_400.jpg" />&nbsp; &nbsp; “Full of drama, adventure, tragedy, and heroes fighting against the most daunting of odds, No Word for Wilderness shows us what nature writing can be. ” J. Scott Bryson, author of The West Side of Any Mountain&nbsp; About In Italian, there is no word for wilderness. Yet only fifty milefrom Rome, the rarest grizzlies on earth roam the mountains of central Italy, and they are fighting to survive amid encroaching development, local and international politics, and the mafia. This meticulously researched and eye-opening book tells the incredible stories of two special populations of bears in Italy—one the last vestige of a former time that persists against all odds, the other a great experiment in rewilding that, if successful, promises to change how we see not only Italy but all of Europe. The Abruzzo bears of central Italy have survived amid one of the oldest civilizations on earth—but now, with numbers estimated at as low as fifty individuals, they face a critical future as multiple forces, from farmers to the mob, collide within their territory. The Slovenian bears of northern Italy, brought to the Alps at the turn of the century, have sparked controversy among local and international interests alike. The stories of these bears take readers on a spectacular journey across Italy, where we come face-to-face not only with these fascinating species but with embattled park directors, heroic environmentalists, innovative scientists, and a public that is coming to terms with the importance of Italy’s rich natural history. Award-winning author Roger Thompson has traveled throughout Italy documenting the history and current crises of these bears, and the result is an engaging and in-depth examination that resonates across all endangered species and offers invaluable insights into the ever-evolving relationships between human and non-human animals in a rapidly changing world. <img width="436" height="353" width_o="436" height_o="353" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2042b2b436b6fd44f156049cfd451d599e1ae68458b969d86f06f5cc6dc3a1ba/ashlandcreekpress_logo.svg" data-mid="9145686" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/436/i/2042b2b436b6fd44f156049cfd451d599e1ae68458b969d86f06f5cc6dc3a1ba/ashlandcreekpress_logo.svg" /> <img width="640" height="640" width_o="640" height_o="640" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ffb54e3818b86e0dd470fd8069af24c8d702e8c60555fa7897ecda61a24d2c1d/image6.JPG" data-mid="4031388" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/640/i/ffb54e3818b86e0dd470fd8069af24c8d702e8c60555fa7897ecda61a24d2c1d/image6.JPG" /> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Selected Publications on Nature/Enviroment:No Word for Wilderness. Ashland, OR: Ashland Creek Press, 2018. Early American Nature Writers. Co-edited with Daniel Patterson and J. Scott Bryson. New York: Greenwood Press, 2008. Dictionary of Literary Biography, Twentieth-Century American Nature Writers: Poetry. Co-edited with J. Scott Bryson. Detroit: BCL, Inc, 2008. "Red in the Woods." Streetlight Magazine 4 (Fall 2005): 108-109. Winner of the Streetlight Magazine/WMRA Award for Best Nonfiction.Syndicated on Public Radio, February 2005. "Stories to Tell." Lake Country Journal 9.3 (May/June 2005): 34. Dictionary of Literary Biography, Twentieth-Century American Nature Writers: Prose. Co-edited with J. Scott Bryson. Detroit: BCL, Inc., 2003. "Emerson, Divinity, and Rhetoric in Transcendentalist Nature Writing and Twentieth- Century Eco-Poetry." Ecological Poetry: A Critical Introduction. Ed. J. Scott Bryson. Salt Lake City: Utah UP, 2002. 29-38. "Reading on the Rocks." Blue Ridge Outdoors (June 2002): 17. <img width="640" height="640" width_o="640" height_o="640" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a86c239c4cb23010abe8dae9f07e63ff225b68ffc162f51aa0f56122061a56cb/image2.JPG" data-mid="4031365" border="0" data-scale="100" alt="Ruins above Pescaserroli. Roger Thompson, 2016" data-caption="Ruins above Pescaserroli. Roger Thompson, 2016" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/640/i/a86c239c4cb23010abe8dae9f07e63ff225b68ffc162f51aa0f56122061a56cb/image2.JPG" /> https://ewfthompson.com/Emerson Mon, 18 Sep 2017 02:33:19 +0000 Roger Thompson https://ewfthompson.com/Emerson <img width="667" height="1000" width_o="667" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6e0c41394407b84c538a8b96b58b3e781d8690d2ae72f2d3db15f75c2989ab21/61SwuzNq8QL.jpg" data-mid="3987454" border="0" data-scale="57" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/667/i/6e0c41394407b84c538a8b96b58b3e781d8690d2ae72f2d3db15f75c2989ab21/61SwuzNq8QL.jpg" /> “The scholarship behind this brief study is superior, indeed prodigious.”Phyllis Cole, Past President of the Ralph Waldo Emerson Society “I have sensed for some time that Emerson is important to the study of rhetoric—and, particularly, American rhetoric—but I have not found a thorough summary explanation of how that is so. Roger Thompson’s unpretentious and careful book provides precisely that sort of explanation in ways that offer a fresh perspective on Emerson’s rhetorical theory and practice. ” &nbsp;Gregory Clark, Former Editor of RSQ and Past President of Rhetoric Society of America Nominated for an RSA and an MLA Book Award. Join the Emerson Society:&nbsp;www.emersonsociety.org&nbsp; Roger’s&nbsp;Articles about Emerson“Emerson, Plato, and the Search for True Rhetoric.” Philosophy and Rhetoric 48.2 (2015): 117-138. “Emerson and America.” Ralph Waldo Emerson in Context. Ed. Wes Mott. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014. 12-20. "'Habit of Heat': Emerson, Belletristic Rhetoric, and the Role of the Imagination."College English 69.3 (January 2007): 260-282. "'Fate,' September 11, and an Ethical Hermeneutics." Pedagogy 3.2 (Fall 2002): 420-425. "Ralph Waldo Emerson and the American Kairos." Rhetoric and Kairos: Essays in History, Theory, and Praxis. Ed. Phillip Sipiora and James S. Baumlin. Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 2002. 187-198. "Emerson, Divinity, and Rhetoric in Transcendentalist Nature Writing and Twentieth- Century Eco-Poetry." Ecological Poetry: A Critical Introduction. Ed. J. Scott Bryson. Salt Lake City: Utah UP, 2002. 29-38. https://ewfthompson.com/War-and-Veterans Mon, 18 Sep 2017 02:33:20 +0000 Roger Thompson https://ewfthompson.com/War-and-Veterans <img width="336" height="499" width_o="336" height_o="499" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a160c63fd673c191f5e6432463e9724a71dca433a4d721fb6873f3b6f7402556/413-nKYkBvL._SX334_BO1-204-203-200_.jpg" data-mid="3987456" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/336/i/a160c63fd673c191f5e6432463e9724a71dca433a4d721fb6873f3b6f7402556/413-nKYkBvL._SX334_BO1-204-203-200_.jpg" />&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; “Powerful and heartbreaking” Tim O’Brien “This memoir documents what the war in Iraq has been: young soldiers doing their heartbreaking best to do the right thing amid confusion, chaos, and collateral damage” &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Mary Doria Russell “An articulate and devastating memoir” Army Times “The personal narrative chronicles a series of harrowing events in order to reveal a deeper sense of the heroic”Brian Turner Selected Media Coverage of Beyond Duty&nbsp; CNN Report with Barbara StarrThe Story with Dick Gordon, National Public Radio The Current, CBC NewsDallas Morning News, article by Brooks EgertonNew York Times, article by James DaoIntroduction of Resolution HR856, U.S. Capitol, Washington D.C. Click here for complete listing of media coverage Selected Public Lectures and ReadingsUniversity of Virginia, University of Southern California--School of Law, Department of Veterans Affairs--National Brain Injury Center, Texas Christian University, Baylor University, The Citadel, Pepperdine University, Mount St. Mary’s University, Virginia Military Institute, Delaware County Community College, Suffolk University School of Law,American University,Syracuse University, West Virginia University, PA Department of Corrections, U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Edgewood College, Harvard Club, Harvard University--Kennedy School of Government <img width="3008" height="2000" width_o="3008" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ae5751a97005cbfa62170188cbe8b4df23ed339a36b8db4be0ce93e50c656334/Sept-2009-to-March-2010--charleston--big-snow--beyond-duty-317.jpg" data-mid="8831599" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ae5751a97005cbfa62170188cbe8b4df23ed339a36b8db4be0ce93e50c656334/Sept-2009-to-March-2010--charleston--big-snow--beyond-duty-317.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1536" width_o="2048" height_o="1536" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b646e7c4e25c010b11b13e37b2d8af65363be110b7920d0912f34cdc31a5d0f7/transcripts3-015.jpg" data-mid="8831467" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b646e7c4e25c010b11b13e37b2d8af65363be110b7920d0912f34cdc31a5d0f7/transcripts3-015.jpg" /> Articles and Other Writing by Roger about War and Veterans “Three Approaches to Veterans in the Writing Classroom.” With Alexis Hart.&nbsp;CCC 68.2 (December 2016): 345-371. Winner of the Richard Braddock Memorial Award for Best Article of 2016. “Veteran’s Voices.” With Alexis Hart. Pedagogy. 16.3 (October 2016): 511-516. “Recognizing Silence: Composition, Writing, and the Ethical Space for War.”Generation Vet: Composition, Veterans, and the Post 9/11 University. Ed. Lisa Langstraat and Sue Doe. University of Utah Press, 2014. 199-215. “Veteran’s Voices: Undergraduate, Graduate, and Faculty Military Veterans in the Classroom.” Pedagogy. Special Issue Cluster, Co-Edited with Alexis Hart. 16.3 (October 2016): 511-549. Veterans and Writing. Co-Edited with Alexis Hart. Composition Forum 28 (Fall 2013). “‘An Ethical Obligation’: Promising Practices for Student Veterans in the College Writing Classroom. Results of a 2011 CCCC Research Grant.” Co-authored with Alexis Hart. “Reacting Responsibly to Veterans in the Writing Classroom: An Interview with Marilyn Valentino.” Co-authored with Alexis Hart. Composition Forum 28 (Fall 2013). “Writing, Trauma, and the Writing Classroom: A Response to Travis Martin.” Co- authored with Alexis Hart. Writing on the Edge 23.2 (Spring 2013): 37-46. &nbsp; &nbsp; https://ewfthompson.com/Art Mon, 18 Sep 2017 02:33:21 +0000 Roger Thompson https://ewfthompson.com/Art <img width="460" height="600" width_o="460" height_o="600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7b6ae7f50e4426f1664fbead8f754af68c99476c1a05a256ee44575c08cae776/1505310839750.jpeg" data-mid="3987463" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/460/i/7b6ae7f50e4426f1664fbead8f754af68c99476c1a05a256ee44575c08cae776/1505310839750.jpeg" /> SUBCRIBE TO DON’T TAKE PICTURES HERE Don’t Take Pictures Magazine Kat Kiernan: Editor in ChiefRoger Thompson: Senior Editor <img width="500" height="375" width_o="500" height_o="375" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f675efa301d9369d605d576db542eda85f45983763a68fa88a58e699f6b392ed/9-issues.jpg" data-mid="4447266" border="0" data-scale="95" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/500/i/f675efa301d9369d605d576db542eda85f45983763a68fa88a58e699f6b392ed/9-issues.jpg" />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <img width="500" height="647" width_o="500" height_o="647" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5bafc02d75b32328a5cdb9ba15a9f40b1a2ed37b56daf58c4421f2a2181b696e/1505310952378.jpeg" data-mid="3987682" border="0" data-scale="93" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/500/i/5bafc02d75b32328a5cdb9ba15a9f40b1a2ed37b56daf58c4421f2a2181b696e/1505310952378.jpeg" /> Articles on Art and Selected Reviews“Jacob Hessler’s Waterworld.” Don’t Take Pictures 8 (Spring 2017). “Memory, Machine, and the Illuminated Present: Christopher Payne's Textiles.” Don’t Pictures 7 (Fall 2016): 38-45. “The Finely Tuned Frequencies of Loic Lucas.” Raw Vision 89 (April 2016): 50-55. “Stark Lives, Stark Land: Anna Filapova’s Northernmost Mines.” Don’t Take Pictures 6 (Spring 2016): 18-23. “Installation Photograph and the Transformation of the Viewer.” Don’t Take Pictures 5 (Fall 2015): 32-37. Most viewed article of 2016. “Looking Through the Skull: Decay and the ‘Mysterious’ Jaime Johnson.” Don’t Take Pictures 4 (Spring 2015): 2-9. “Hearing the Body, Witnessing Lives: Bear Kirkpatrick’s Wall Portraits.” Don’t Take Pictures 3 (Fall 2014) “Collecting the Vernacular: An Interview with John Foster.” Don’t Take Pictures 3 (Fall 2014): 44-49. “Icebergs and the End of ‘Efforting’: Jonathan Pozniak’s Photographs.” Don’t Take Pictures 2 (Spring 2014): 24-31. “Memory and the Inner Landscape of Joshua Meier.” Don’t Take Pictures 1 (Fall 2013): 14-19. “The Impossible Organisms of a Fantastical World: Stephanie Lucas and French Art Brut.” Raw Vision 77 (Winter 2012): 36-41. "Moved to Create." (Cover Story) The Outsider 12.1 (Spring 2007): 15-19. Rev. of Armand Schulthess: J’ai Le Telephone. DVD. The Outsider 16.1 (Fall 2011): 52- 53. Rev. of Capturing Nature: The Cement Sculpture of Dionicio Rodriguez. The Outsider14.1 (Spring 2009): 41. Rev. of Mingering Mike: The Amazing Career of an Imaginary Soul Superstar. The Outsider 13.1 (Spring 2008): 38. https://ewfthompson.com/Other-Writing Mon, 18 Sep 2017 02:36:32 +0000 Roger Thompson https://ewfthompson.com/Other-Writing Selected Other Writings “Earth, Wind and Fire’s Musical Re-Integration. Op-Ed. The New York Times. A 23. Feb. 13, 2016. Most viewed Opinion piece of the day. “I Was Head Counselor at Jared Leto’s Summer Camp.” Ozy (April 4, 2016 Pulled). Web. “Time’s Up for Time Out: Neurology Research and Discipline.”&nbsp;Atlantic.com Dec. 19, 2014. Most emailed article of the week. “The Scientific Evidence Against Spanking, Time-Outs, and Sleep Training.”&nbsp;Earlier version published on Quartz Dec. 18, 2014 &nbsp; “Distant Wars, Constant Ghosts.” Op-Ed, The New York Times. Ghostwritten with&nbsp;Shannon Meehan. Feb 22, 2010. Most emailed and commented upon editorial of&nbsp;the week. An Interview with Mary Doria Russell. Dreamers of the Day. New York: Random House, 2008. That's the Way of the World. Liner Notes for the DVD Release (July 2006): 1-7. &nbsp;<img width="1320" height="1056" width_o="1320" height_o="1056" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/19d8508920e708d1419933ecb1f10ba2070529745d3c4a78d8823d42fd265a5c/New_York_Times_logo_variation.jpg" data-mid="8778731" border="0" data-scale="33" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/19d8508920e708d1419933ecb1f10ba2070529745d3c4a78d8823d42fd265a5c/New_York_Times_logo_variation.jpg" />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <img width="228" height="228" width_o="228" height_o="228" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ba70df3f978acb585ee56246e7853d3819acbb5af2260e0b496c0aa736bbce5f/logo-print.png" data-mid="8778754" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/228/i/ba70df3f978acb585ee56246e7853d3819acbb5af2260e0b496c0aa736bbce5f/logo-print.png" /> <img width="600" height="600" width_o="600" height_o="600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e62710845521a836d6d0f7e83893de94610ce9e5f5c50d385858c35326c5ff56/default-thumbnail.0628f5a1a408.png" data-mid="8778722" border="0" data-scale="43" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/600/i/e62710845521a836d6d0f7e83893de94610ce9e5f5c50d385858c35326c5ff56/default-thumbnail.0628f5a1a408.png" /><img width="320" height="320" width_o="320" height_o="320" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bdcc7ddeac684c40a5c4fb9f8a689c4679496b11e2964af4ab48d2c49112a580/qz_og_img.png" data-mid="8778852" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/320/i/bdcc7ddeac684c40a5c4fb9f8a689c4679496b11e2964af4ab48d2c49112a580/qz_og_img.png" /> <img width="340" height="475" width_o="340" height_o="475" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/700d95f223cf237e137b740a256aa8f5f15952a19cdbcefa81c1da1b27fb0e98/51FV49NK95L.jpg" data-mid="8778747" border="0" data-scale="95" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/340/i/700d95f223cf237e137b740a256aa8f5f15952a19cdbcefa81c1da1b27fb0e98/51FV49NK95L.jpg" /> https://ewfthompson.com/Scholarship Mon, 18 Sep 2017 02:57:53 +0000 Roger Thompson https://ewfthompson.com/Scholarship <img width="431" height="646" width_o="431" height_o="646" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b948c589b431543c15450ce388c9d622849326fc59424d24833b5b8e87b4e217/4502.jpeg" data-mid="3987839" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/431/i/b948c589b431543c15450ce388c9d622849326fc59424d24833b5b8e87b4e217/4502.jpeg" /> "This is sure to become the standard edition of one of the most influential works in the history of rhetoric."―Thomas P. Miller Nominated for an RSA and an MLA Book Award. New Scholarship:“The Tyranny of Best Practices: Structural Violence and Writing Programs.” Forthcoming Spring 2018, JAEPL. Selected Recent Presentations:“Theorizing a Transatlantic History of Rhetoric: Emerson, Burke, and the Legacies of Eloquence.” (Read in abstenia by Paul Dahlgren). International Society for the History of Rhetoric, London, England, July 2017. “Key Findings from a Cs Research Grant on Veterans in the Writing Classroom.” Workshop Leader. Conference on College Composition and Communication, Tampa Bay, FL, March 2015. “Stowe’s Challenge to Changing Literacy.” Conference on College Composition and Communication, Tampa Bay, FL, March 2015. “American Exceptionalism, Divine Birthright, and Iraq War Memoirs.” Modern Language Association. Vancouver, BC, January 2015. “Transmedia and the Limits of Military Expression.” Thomas R. Watson Conference, Louisville, KY, October 2014. “Accessing Training, Opening Dialogue: Helping Writing Faculty Know More about WhoStudentVeteransAre.” ConferenceonCollegeCompositionandCommunication, Indianapolis, IN, March 2014. “Faculty Responsibility to Veterans in the Classroom.” Featured Speaker and Panel. Conference on College Composition and Communication, Las Vegas, NV, March 2013. “Literary Representations of War in Iraq War Memoirs.” Modern Language Association, Boston, MA, January 2013. https://ewfthompson.com/Homepage Mon, 18 Sep 2017 02:33:22 +0000 Roger Thompson https://ewfthompson.com/Homepage