Listen to the full interview on Rick Steves Europe with Jeff Biggers, discussing In Sardinia. https://www.ricksteves.com/watch-read-listen/audio/radio
l’Unione Sarda Interview: Storico americano contro la visione che sminuisce l’isola
In Sardinia review by Fiorenzo Caterini: “Il libro di Jeff è unico, da questo punto di vista. È un capolavoro.”
Il libro di Jeff è unico, da questo punto di vista. È un capolavoro: nel senso di opera che, secondo me, conclude definitivamente l’epoca di uno sguardo esclusivamente esterno e ne inizia un’altra, uno sguardo che, non potendo essere del … Continue reading
Rick Steves Interview: A fascinating book that reads like a novel.
TLS review of In Sardinia: Times Literary Supplement in London: “Much more than a travelogue, In Sardinia is compendious and evocative.”
In Brief|In Brief Review Outpost of isolation The history of an island with ‘no history’ By Jonathan Buckley The Sardinia of D. H. Lawrence’s Sea and Sardinia (1921) is a squalid place, despite the exemplary masculinity of its men and the savage beauty … Continue reading
Washington Independent Review of Books: “A successful and well-written blend of history, travel, art, literature, and culture”
Book Review in Non-Fiction, History, Travel In Sardinia: An Unexpected Journey in Italy A worthy corrective to the island’s unfairly tarnished reputation. Jeff Biggers is on a mission to correct the misperceptions of Sardinia in accounts from Cicero to D.H. Lawrence that portray the … Continue reading
Atlas Obscura: This Mysterious Ziggurat Was an Ancient European Pilgrimage SiteAtlas Obscura:
Read full story here. THE ZIGGURAT OF MONTE D’ACCODDI was a place of the gods, somewhere between chelu e mare, as singer Maria Carta might have sung. That very word seemed somewhat outlandish—a ziggurat in Europe, in Sardinia of all places. Ziggurats … Continue reading
Salon: Death in Sardinia
Read the full story here. As Sardinia, the second largest island in the Mediterranean, readied for the 100th anniversary of D.H. Lawrence’s landmark travel book, “Sea and Sardinia,” I pulled over my car at the Monumental Cemetery in the northern city … Continue reading
LitHub: The Land of the Muses.” How Sardinia Became Italy’s Island of PoetsLitHub
“The Land of the Muses.” How Sardinia Became Italy’s Island of Poets Jeff Biggers on the Centuries-Old Tradition of Poetry in Sardinia By Jeff Biggers Read the full story here. May 25, 2023 Sardinian poet Nanni Falconi watched as translators zoomed in from Paris, … Continue reading
Wall Street Journal Review of In Sardinia: Enthusiastic and erudite guide
‘In Sardinia’ Review: Mediterranean Crossroads The island, once a coveted prize for competing empires, is now a luxury tourist destination. By Dominic Green May 26, 2023 D.H. Lawrence wrote that the Italian island of Sardinia has “no history, no date, no … Continue reading
Italia! Magazine Review: “Consummate storyteller, a modern Sardinian odyssey”
“American historian, journalist and travel writer Jeff Biggers for three decades and in his latest book crosses over the water from the mainland to the captivating island of Sardinia. DH Lawrence wrote in 1921: “Sardinia is something else. Enchanting spaces … Continue reading
Booklist Review: In Sardinia “Admiring ode…a fine mix of geography and history.”
April 1, 2023 In Sardinia: An Unexpected Journey in Italy.By Jeff BiggersMay 2023. 336p. Melville, $27.99 (9781685890261). 914.59 What are the stories of Sardinia, and who shall tell them? That question is at the heart of thisadmiring ode to the … Continue reading
Foreward Interview: Jeff Biggers: Inspiring action with the Climate Narrative Project
Foreward Podcast: Jeff Biggers: Inspiring action with the Climate Narrative Project
Broadway Green Alliance Interview: Kaminski’s Lot
Appeared at Broadway Green Alliance, case studies: Climate Storytelling at Theatre Northwest
Chicago Tribune: Interview on Kaminski’s Lot play
Chicago Tribune: Climate change, environmental justice take center stage in Theatre Northwest’s ‘Kaminski’s Lot’ Climate change, environmental justice take center stage in Theatre Northwest’s ‘Kaminski’s Lot’By JESSI VIRTUSIOPOST-TRIBUNE |OCT 29, 2021 AT 3:16 PM Mia Godfrey (left) and Denina White are among the cast … Continue reading
We Still Live Here: Coal Activists Fight On in Heart-Wrenching New Film
Appeared originally in Common Dreams: We Still Live Here: Coal Activists Fight On in Heart-Wrenching New Film
Salon: Ethnic Studies Redux: Interview with Rudy Acuña
Appeared originally in Salon: Interview with Ethnic studies pioneer Rudy Acuña on neoliberalism, Trump and the future of academia
LitHub: Cecile Pineda’s Anti-Memoir
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Salon: Climate Strikers Blast EPA Suspension of Laws
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Salon: Forget Iowa’s App; Democrats Can’t Ignore the Turnout
Appeared originally in Salon: Forget Iowa’s App; Democrats Can’t Ignore the Turnout
Washington Post interview: Under His Eye
Appeared originally in Washington Post: Under His Eye
Salon: Will Youth Climate Activists Swing Iowa Vote?
Appeared originally in Salon: Will Youth Climate Activists Swing Iowa Vote?
Guardian: Iowa Teen Strikers Delighted by Greta Thunberg Visit
In the Guardian: Iowa Teen Strikers Delighted by Greta Thunberg Visit
Parents, Time to Misbehave and Join Climate Strikes
Parents, Time to Misbehave and Join Our Kids Climate Strikes, originally appeared in Common Dreams.
Teen Vogue: Greta Thunberg Has Already Changed the United States
Appeared originally in Teen Vogue: Greta Thunberg Has Already Changed the United States
Yale Climate Interview: More Climate Storytellers Needed
Yale Climate Interview: More Climate Storytellers Needed
Why Every City Needs a Climate Storyteller
Appeared originally in The Revelator: Why Every City Needs a Climate Storyteller
Interview on All In With Chris Hayes: Coal and Climate
Chris looks at how big business is preparing for climate change, with author and Climate Narrative Project founder Jeff Biggers.
Ecopolis South Shore Play in Gary
Ecopolis South Shore Play Presents Vision for Renewable Gary, appeared originally on Northwest Indiana Times.
May Day: Arizona Teachers Have Resistance History on Their Side
Originally published at Common Dreams: May Day: Arizona Teachers Have Resistance History on Their Side
Climate Narrative Project Tells Stories in Changing World
Originally appeared in The Gazette: University of Iowa Climate Project Tells Stories in a Changing World
NY Times: Climate Hope in the Cities
Appeared originally in the NY Times: Cities and States Lead on Climate
NY Times: Iowa’s Climate Wisdom
Originally appeared in the New York Times: Iowa’s Climate-Change Wisdom
Bringing the Mediterranean’s Migration Stories to the Stage
Appeared originally in Little Village Magazine: Bringing the Mediterranean’s Migration Stories to the Stage
Interview with Jeff Biggers, founder UI Climate Narrative Project
Interview with Jeff Biggers, founder of the UIowa Climate Narrative Project. Originally appeared at Little Village Magazine.
Climate Reckoning: My Family’s Coal Story
This article originally appeared at EcoWatch: Climate Reckoning: My Family’s Coal Story
AJAM: How Dirty Coal Foretold West Virginia Disaster
Originally appeared in Al Jazeera America: How Dirty Coal Foretold West Virginia Disaster
YES Magazine: Pro-Coal Kids’ Website Pulled
Originally appeared in YES Magazine: Pro-Coal Kids’ Website Pulled by IL Government As Public Pressure Increases
Yes Magazine: Pro-Fracking Greens Called Out in Ecologist’s New Manifesto
Originally appeared in Yes Magazine: Pro-Fracking Greens Called Out in Ecologist’s New Manifesto.
The Other Arizona: New York Times oped
First appeared in NY Times