- Erik Reece
Erik Reece is a lecturer at the
University of Kentucky , teachingenvironmental journalism , writing, and literature.Reece was born & bred in
Louisville, Kentucky . He has two degrees from the University of Kentucky, where he studied withGuy Davenport . His first book-length prose was a companion essay to Davenport's collection of his drawings and paintings, "A Balance of Quinces." Before that, he published a collection of poems, "My Muse Was Supposed to Meet Me Here."Reece's 2006 book "Lost Mountain: A Year in the Vanishing Wilderness" (
Riverhead Books ), with photos byJohn J. Cox and a foreword byWendell Berry , observes the effectsmountaintop removal mining inAppalachia from October 2003 through November 2004.An excerpt of Reece's book, the essay "Death of a Mountain," was printed in the April 2005 edition of "
Harper's Magazine ", and another excerpt appeared in "The Nation " in February 2006.In 2006, he received the
Sierra Club 'sDavid R. Brower Award for Environmental Journalism. Reece also received the John B. Oakes Award for Distinguished Environmental Journalism from theColumbia University Graduate School of Journalism for his essay "Death of a Mountain."References
* [http://www.buzzflash.com/interviews/06/02/int06007.html Erik Reece interview] via buzzflash
*Reece, Erik. [http://www.wesjones.com/death.htm Death of a Mountain: Radical strip mining and the leveling of Appalachia] via Harper's Magazine
*Reece, Erik (February 9, 2006 [February 27, 2006 issue] ) [http://www.thenation.com/docprem.mhtml?i=20060227&s=reece Who Killed the Miners?] "The Nation "
* [http://www.erikreece.com/index.html "Lost Mountain" website]
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