![]() ![]() He studied voice at the Eastman School of Music, then transferred to earn a BA degree in Literature with a minor in Lesbian and Gay Studies from the State University of New York at Purchase in 2001, where he served as a contributing editor for In Posse Review and received the 2000 Grolier Poetry Prize. Garth Greenwell was born in Louisville, Kentucky, on March 19, 1978, and graduated from Interlochen Arts Academy in Interlochen, Michigan, in 1996. In 2013, Greenwell returned to the United States after living in Bulgaria to attend the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop as an Arts Fellow. He has also published stories in The Paris Review and A Public Space and writes criticism for The New Yorker and The Atlantic. ![]() He has published the novella Mitko (2011) and the novels What Belongs to You (2016) and Cleanness (2020). Garth Greenwell (born March 19, 1978) is an American novelist, poet, literary critic, and educator. ![]()
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As one of the few Punjabi inhabitants of her village, her daily struggle for independence is different from most. ![]() She is the daughter of Indian parents who have come to England to give her a better life. ![]() Meena is nine years old and lives in the village of Tollington, 'the jewel of the Black Country'. 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Silent Spring carries a message that is as relevant today as it was back in the 1960s. ![]() She was also posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Jimmy Carter. Her work is said to have led to the creation of the US Environmental Protection Agency. Carson was, by formal education, a marine biologist who also published a few bestselling books about the sea and ocean biospheres. Rachel Carson and her work began initiating a shift in global environmental consciousness. Released in 1962, it focuses on the negative effects of chemical pesticides that were, at the time, a large part of US agriculture. Silent Spring is considered the book that started the global grassroots environmental movement. ![]() ![]() I remember sitting by the well in my parents’ garden, shortly before the tragic circumstances that put me on the throne. That was years ago, when I little more than a girl. Frederick is clearly smitten, and believe me, I know it when I see it. 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