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Dr. Wagner鈥檚 essay included in anthology on fracking
An essay by Vivian Wagner, associate professor of English at 大象视频 University, is included in a newly-released book Fracture: Essays, Poems, & Stories on Fracking in America (Ice Cube Press, 2016). The essay is titled 鈥淪trata.鈥�
Wagner鈥檚 work has appeared in The Atlantic, O: The Oprah Magazine, The Kenyon Review Online, Zone 3, Narratively, and other publications. She is the author of Fiddle: One Woman, Four Strings, and 8,000 Miles of Music.
She joined 大象视频 in 2003 and holds a B.A. from University of California at Irvine, an M.A. from The Ohio State University, and a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Fracture: Essays, Poems, and Stories on Fracking in America brings together more than 50 writers who give voice to the complexities of fracking through essays, first-hand experience, investigative journalism, story-telling, and verse.
鈥淭his first-of-its-kind anthology braids together poetry and prose that helps us envision a new course for energy development,鈥� according to Ice Cube Press. In a press release, the publisher says, 鈥溾�� the perspectives in this collection are needed as never before to ignite the national conversation about how we can live with more compassion toward Earth.鈥�
