Tag Archives: monarch butterflies

Monarchs & Ezekiel’s Burning Coals of Fire

By Robin Bates | Published: January 23, 2016

Barbara Kingsolver’s “Flight Behavior” shows us Baptists farmers, not normally friends of environmentalists, turning to religious language to save the environment.

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Pesticides vs. Sweetness and Wings

By Robin Bates | Published: February 5, 2015

Monarch butterflies and bees are in grave danger. Poems by Scott Bates and Mary Oliver remind us what we will lose if we don’t move to protect them.

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Kingsolver Tries to Save the Planet

By Robin Bates | Published: October 7, 2014

I’m not entirely sure what to make of Barbara Kingsolver’s Flight Behavior (2012), which I’m currently teaching in my Introduction to Literature class. It fits well with my theme, which is “Humans in Nature,” and I certainly agree with Kingsolver’s point that climate change is one of the greatest dangers facing humankind. I just have […]

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Monarch Butterflies in Danger

By Robin Bates | Published: June 25, 2014

Barbara Kingsolver’s “Flight Behavior” warns of the threat to monarch butterflies.

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