University of Denver Winter 2024

New releases reveal creative breadth in word and song RELEASES

The Animals of My Earth School Mildred Kiconco Barya (PhD ’16) This collection of fable like poems asks readers to consider the complexities of our existence, ranging from the human realm to the humble ladybug. By playing with the threads that weave together our shared experiences, Barya

partnerships and strategic thinking, “Laboring for Jus tice” emphasizes the need for resistance and resilience in order to cultivate compassionate change.

Democracy in a Hotter Time: Climate Change and Democratic Transformation Edited by David W. Orr, featuring Frederick Mayer, Dean of Josef Korbel School of International Studies Calling itself “the first major book to deal with the dual crises of democracy and climate

explores how beautiful and cruel life on Earth can be and asks readers to pay mind to the non-human beings that surround us. Born in Uganda, Barya earned her doctorate in English at the University of Denver before moving to North Carolina, where she teaches creative writing and literature at the University of North Carolina-Asheville. Her prose and poems have been featured in a variety of literary publications, and her essay, “Being Here in This Body,” received the 2020 Linda Flowers Literary Award.

change as one interrelated threat to the human future,” “Democracy in a Hotter Time” contains essays from academic and environmental heavy hitters like David W. Orr (editor), Bill McKibben and Fritz Mayer, dean of the Josef Korbel School of International Studies and author of Chapter 7, “Could a Global Climate Revolution Save the Planet (and Democracy)?”

Laboring for Justice: The Fight Against Wage Theft in an American City Rebecca Berke Galemba, Associate Professor, Josef Korbel School of International Studies Galemba’s anthro pological study of wage theft in America magnifies the challenges faced by immigrant day laborers in Denver, where its

Orange-Collar Labor: Work and Inequality in Prison Michael Gibson-Light, Assistant Professor,

College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Awarded the 2023 Distinguished Scholarly Book Award by the American Sociological Association, “Orange

purple political status has created both welcoming and challenging labor laws for immigrant workers. Drawing upon seven years of research that earned recognition for how she engaged with the local community, Galemba is solutions-focused, documenting the way workers respond to systemic inequality through policy, law and direct action. Advocating for social justice, community

Collar Labor” represents findings following 18 months of ethnographic observations and 80 interviews with incarcerated men and staff members to document and define a distinctive labor class in the United States. Gibson-Light argues that “by illustrating moments

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