California’s Mono Lake, pictured in August 2014. BY KAREN PIPERProfessor of postcolonial studies in English and adjunct professor in geography at the University of Missouri The solution to California’s drought is simple: stop shipping water to China. Farmers, who use 80% of the state’s water, ship crops containing “virtual water” (the water used to grow … More On California’s Water-Free Future
Saffron and Raisin Buns, known fondly in Sweden as Lussekatter buns. With the holidays comes the usual flurry of cooking and baking: delicious casseroles and breads, tasty cookies, pies, and other sweets, and grape salad. Okay, maybe not grape salad. (#GrapeGate anyone?) But in any event, we all have our favorite dishes that we love … More Holiday Recipe Roundup: Beyond Grape Salad
In the opening prologue to her latest novel, Best to Laugh, Lorna Landvik writes: A black cocktail dress, decorated with a smattering of sequins across the neckline, hangs like an art piece on my bedroom wall. Although the integrity of the seams might be compromised, I could probably still squeeze into it, but for me the … More Extras: Best to Laugh excerpt, trailer series, and discussion guide
BY MARK ALLISTERProfessor of English, environmental studies, and American studies at St. Olaf College in Minnesota Teenage rebellion takes many forms, but teens rejecting their parents’ music is a less likely expression of that rebellion than it once was. When I was growing up, my mom and dad listened to opera, to their scratchy old … More Teenage rebellion by music? Not so prevalent anymore.
BY LORNA LANDVIKStand-up and improvisational comedian, public speaker, and best-selling author —–This is the fourth post in a weekly series by Lorna Landvik.#1: On destiny.#2: Why I wrote Best to Laugh, Part 1. #3: Why I wrote Best to Laugh, Part 2.—– Far more than her list of favorite designers, I’d love to read a … More Lorna Landvik: Life lessons from Joan Rivers.
Click here to download the graphic version of this article. This week is World Water Week in Stockholm, where more than 200 organizations are convening to discuss global water and development issues. In light of this event, we wanted to take the opportunity to feature a new book that responds to these same issues and … More Explore the frightening landscape where water and thirst are political, and drought is a business opportunity.
BY LORNA LANDVIKStand-up and improvisational comedian, public speaker, and best-selling author —– This is the third post in a weekly series by Lorna Landvik.#1: On destiny. #2: Why I wrote Best to Laugh, Part 1. —– Several years ago on a visit to Los Angeles, I took a long, leisurely stroll down my old stomping … More Lorna Landvik: Why I wrote Best to Laugh, Part 2.
BY LORNA LANDVIKStand-up and improvisational comedian, public speaker, and best-selling author — This is the second in a weekly series by Lorna Landvik. Check out the first post, on destiny, here. — I was asked the other day why I finally decided to write about the time I spent in Hollywood doing stand-up comedy. “Why now?” … More Lorna Landvik: Why I wrote Best to Laugh, Part 1.
BY LORNA LANDVIKStand-up and improvisational comedian, public speaker, and best-selling author — This is the first in a weekly series by Lorna Landvik. — It’s a true story I often tell, about knowing that I wanted to be a writer when I learned how to read in the first grade. “See Spot jump!” “See Puff … More Lorna Landvik: Do we really "choose" our destinies—or are they written in the stars?
BY DAVID NAGUIB PELLOWAuthor of Total Liberation and professor and Don A. Martindale Endowed Chair of Sociology at the University of Minnesota The concept of total liberation stems from a determination to understand and combat all forms of inequality and oppression. It is comprised of four pillars: an ethic of justice and anti-oppression inclusive of … More Understanding inequality—across ecosystems, species, and human populations.
