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03256aam a2200397 i 4500 001 0BD2DA588C0011EDA40A627456ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230104011844 008 220701t20222022nyua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2022022916 020 $a 1644212250 020 $a 9781644212257 (hardcover) 035 $a (OCoLC)1336893078 040 $a LBSOR/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d UKMGB $d XHS $d IUO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PS3572.O5 $b Z735 2022 082 00 $a 813/.54 $2 23/eng/20220720 100 1 $a Jarvis, Christina S., $e author. 245 10 $a Lucky mud & other foma : $b a field guide to Kurt Vonnegut's environmentalism and planetary citizenship / $c Christina S. Jarvis. 246 3 $a Lucky mud and other foma 250 $a A Seven Stories Press first edition. 260 $a New York : $b Seven Stories Press, $c [2022] 263 $a 2210 300 $a xix, 348 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Becoming a planetary citizen -- Views from Titan, Tralfamadore, and the Blue Tunnel : writing for a "salubrious blue-green orb" -- A Hoosier's symphony of place : from fresh water to salt water to quartz porcupine quills -- Apocalyptic landscapes : Cat's cradle, Slapstick, and GalaÌpagos -- Midland City : asphalt prairies, drug stores, and racism at breakfast time -- M-17 houses, EPICAC, and Wolfgang -- What are people for? : Communities, pacifism, and secular humanism. 520 $a "Vonnegut's major apocalyptic trio-Cat's Cradle, Slapstick, and GalaÌpagos-prompt broad global, national, and species-level thinking about environmental issues through dramatic and fantastic scenarios. This book, Lucky Mud and Other Foma, tells the story of the origins and legacy of what Kurt Vonnegut understood as "planetary citizenship" and explores key roots, influences, literary techniques, and artistic expressions of his interest in environmental activism through his writing. Vonnegut saw writing itself as an act of good citizenship, as a way of "poisoning" the minds of young people "with humanity . . . to encourage them to make a better world." Often that literary activism meant addressing real social and environmental problems-polluted water, soil, and air; racial and economic injustice; isolating and dehumanizing technologies; and lives and landscapes desolated by war. Vonnegut's remedies took many forms, from the redemptive power of the arts to artificial extended families to vital communities and engaged democracies. Reminding us of our shared connections as humans, as Earthlings, as stardust, Lucky Mud helps fans, scholars, and book lovers of all kinds experience how Vonnegut's writings purposely challenge readers to think, create, and love"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Vonnegut, Kurt $x Criticism and interpretation. 600 10 $a Vonnegut, Kurt $x Political and social views. 650 0 $a Environmentalism in literature. 650 0 $a World citizenship in literature. 650 0 $a American fiction $y 20th century $x History and criticism. 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117025015.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20230104013926.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=0BD2DA588C0011EDA40A627456ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search