Ships In The Desert by Jeff Fearnside

Ships In The Desert by Jeff Fearnside

In this linked essay collection, award-winning author Jeff Fearnside analyzes his four years as an educator on the Great Silk Road, primarily in Kazakhstan. Peeling back the layers of culture, environment, and history that define the country and its people, Fearnside creates a compelling narrative about this faraway land and soon realizes how the local, personal stories are, in fact, global stories. Fearnside sees firsthand the unnatural disaster of the Aral Sea--a man-made environmental crisis that has devastated the region and impacts the entire world. He examines the sometimes controversial ethics of Western missionaries, and reflects on personal and social change once he returns to the States. Ships in the Desert explores universal issues of religious bigotry, cultural intolerance, environmental degradation, and how a battle over water rights led to a catastrophe that is now being repeated around the world.

"In rich, searching essays [Fearnside] shows us that we have much to learn from the realities of a country most Americans can't find on a map, revealing how we are connected, and all responsible for living with integrity" Michael Copperman, author of Teacher: Two Years in the Mississippi Delta
"Fearnside explores environmental degradation and religious tensions, the powerful influence of a Soviet past on the present, and what it means to be a teacher in a foreign land. There is much in this book to be admired." Kurt Caswell, winner of the 2008 River Teeth Nonfiction Book Prize, and author of Laika's Window: The Legacy of a Soviet Space Dog

Fearnside, Jeff: -

Jeff Fearnside is the author of two full-length books, the short story collection Making Love While Levitating Three Feet in the Air (Stephen F. Austin State University Press) and the essay collection Ships in the Desert (forthcoming from the SFWP Press). His work has appeared widely in literary journals such as The Paris Review, Los Angeles Review, Story, The Pinch, and The Sun. Awards for his writing include a Grand Prize in the Santa Fe Writers Project's Literary Awards Program, the Mary Mackey Short Story Prize, and an Individual Artist Fellowship award from the Oregon Arts Commission. Fearnside lived in Central Asia for four years and has taught writing and literature at the Academy of Languages in Kazakhstan and various institutions in the U.S.

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ISBN 13	9781951631154
ISBN 10	1951631153
Title	Ships In The Desert
Author	Jeff Fearnside
Series	Sfwp Literary Awards
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Santa Fe Writer's Project
Year published	2022-08-01
Number of pages	144
Prizes	Commended for Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards (Essays) 2022
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.