Professors’ Picks: Lena Khor

Lena Khor, Instructor of English literature, rhetoric and writing.

My guess is that you may be more interested in eating food than reading about it. But our practices of eating deeply affect the well-being of our local communities and global environment. These six writers, four books and one poem I hope will whet your appetite for eating, reading and even perhaps guerrilla gardening.

NON-FICTION
BILL MCKIBBEN, Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future
Author of the classic “The End of Nature” argues for eating, shopping and participating in your local community to return health and wealth to communities in America. Inspires imagination.

FANCES MOORE LAPPE AND LAPPE, Hope’s Edge: The Next Diet for a Small Planet
A follow-up to her classic “Diet for a Small Planet” from wherein Lappé travels from Asia to Africa to learn from farmers, chefs, economists, biologists and citizens working for a better world. Sustains dreams.

MEMIOR
BARBARA KINGSOLVER, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
Kingsolver (author of the bestselling novel “The Poisonwood Bible”) and her family decide to cut the cord to the industrial food complex and grow their own food for a year. Nourishes bodies (includes fabulous recipes).

NOVEL
RUTH OZEKI, All Over Creation
Author tells the engaging tale of a dying farmer and his wife, their prodigal daughter, an agribusiness spin-doctor and an environmental group in a small potato-farming town in Idaho. Cultivates understanding.

POETRY
DENISE LEVERTOV, “Beginners” in Selected Poems
A delicate, yet powerful, poem on the nature of possibilities and the possibilities of nature. Feeds hope.

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