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Kelsey Allen

Kelsey is a literature student with an interest in environmental science. She loves modernist literature, embroidering, and chickens. When she isn't attending school in Boston, she resides near the ocean in Los Angeles with her fluffy white dog, Sophie.

There Is No Environmental Literature Without Indigenous Authors

Understanding what we call the American environment can only be done through studying the works of those who originally tended to it.

How the I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS Adaptation Embodies Our Greatest Fears

How Charlie Kaufman's adaptation of I’m Thinking of Ending Things shows us what happens when a hopeful future doesn't come to fruition.

A Summer Without Voices: How Rachel Carson’s SILENT SPRING Gives Me Comfort in a Time of Crisis

One reader shares why Rachel Carson's SILENT SPRING is a source of solace in tumultuous times.