John Purfield just had a book review published in Enculturation of Debra Hawhee's "A Sense of Urgency: How the Climate Crisis is Changing Rhetoric".
Preview of his book review:
"On May 20, 2023, I participated in the Colfax Marathon 5K. On this particular weekend, the Denver sky was covered in a sickly grey film, and the air tasted of smoke. The race’s official website promised scenic views of downtown from the race path that ran through City Park, but the skyline was obscured. The reason for these conditions was record-breaking heat in the Pacific Northwest, resulting in an intensified fire season in Canada. Smoke from Canadian fires blew down across the United States, making Denver the city with the fourth worst air quality in the world on that spring Saturday (Jarpe).
The introduction to Debra Hawhee’s A Sense of Urgency: How the Climate Crisis is Changing Rhetoric begins with a similar anecdote..."