Dr. Deborah Fleming's forthcoming book, Resurrection of the Wild: Meditations on Ohio's Natural Landscape, is slated to appear in April 2019 from The Kent State University Press. The book is comprised of fourteen connected essays which the press describes as
lyrical meditations [that] delve into life on Fleming’s farm, the impacts of the mining and drilling industries, fox hunting, homesteading families, the lives of agriculturalist Louis Bromfield and John Chapman (better known as Johnny Appleseed), and Ohio’s Amish community. Fleming finds that our very concept of freedom must be redefined to include preservation and respect for the natural world. Ultimately, Resurrection of the Wild becomes a compelling argument for the importance of ecological preservation in Ohio, and Fleming’s perspective will resonate with readers both within and beyond this “forgotten” state’s borders.Acclaim for Dr. Fleming's book includes a blurb by esteemed essayist Scott Russell Sanders. Fleming has also been invited as one of 60 authors to be featured at the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment's conference at the University of California, Davis in June 2019. She will also represent River Teeth: A Journal of Nonfiction Narrative and Ashland Poetry Press at a book fair at Lakeland Community College later this month and will conduct a workshop on fiction for students from several community colleges.
Resurrection of the Wild is only the latest contribution by Dr. Fleming to her considerable body of work. Dr. Fleming is an equestrian, mountain climber, and organic gardener who writes poetry, fiction, essays, and works of scholarship. The recipient of grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, American Council of Learned Societies, and Ashland University, she has published books on Yeats, Jeffers, and Synge and has edited two collections of essays on Yeats. Three of her poems have been nominated for Pushcart Prizes.
