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C
URRE NTS OF THE
UNIVER SA L
BEING
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C URRE NTS
OF THE
UNIVER
SA L
BEING
explorations in the literature of energy
Scott Slovic, James E. Bishop, and Kyhl Lyndgaard
Texas Tech University Press
Copyright © 2015 by Scott Slovic, James E. Bishop, and Kyhl Lyndgaard
All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means,
including electronic storage and retrieval systems, except by explicit prior written permission
of the publisher. Brief passages excerpted for review and critical purposes are excepted.
This book is typeset in Minion Pro. The paper used in this book meets the minimum
requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (R1997).
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Cover designed by Ryan Miller
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Currents of the universal being : explorations in the literature of energy / edited by Scott Slovic,
James E. Bishop, and Kyhl Lyndgaard.
pages cm
Summary: “Presents a variety of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and interviews concerning energy
and energy related issues. Aspires to place the technical subject of energy into a broader cultural
context”—Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-89672-928-5 (paperback)—ISBN 978-0-89672-929-2 (e-book) 1. Power
resources. 2. Science—Literary collections. 3. American literature—21st century. 4. Nature in
literature. I. Slovic, Scott, 1960– II. Bishop, James E. III. Lyndgaard, Kyhl.
PS509.S3C87 2015
810.8'0356—dc23
2015001545
Printed in United States
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Texas Tech University Press
Box 41037
Lubbock, Texas 79409-1037 USA
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Contents
Acknowledgments
ix
Introduction
xv
SECTION ONE
living with (and without) energy
1
Chapter One
Reflections Upon the Grid 5
Gary Snyder, “Oil” 5
Gary Snyder and Kyhl Lyndgaard, “A Human Experience of Energy:
A Conversation with Poet Gary Snyder” 6
E. C. Pielou, “Energy Is Everywhere” 11
Vachel Lindsay, “A Rhyme About an Electrical Advertising
Sign” 14
David Gessner, “Energy” 16
William Rueckert, “Literature and Ecology: An Experiment in
Ecocriticism” 26
Simon J. Ortiz, “Electric Lines” and “Gas Lines” 30
Chapter Two
“A Going Thing”: Machines, Mountains, and Muscles 33
Robinson Jeffers, “O Lovely Rock” 33
Marilyn Nelson, “Minor Miracle” 35
John C. Ryan and Alan Thein Durning, “Bike (and Car)”
William Stafford, “Maybe Alone on My Bike” 43
Rhiannon McClatchey, “Kinesis” 44
36

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