I realized that I was actually doing all of the work and getting paid less than if I applied to a PhD program. I was adjuncting in different positions and teaching first-year writing. I was never planning on going for a PhD, but about three or four years into the research process of this book, I realized that I was essentially doing the work of an academic anyway. But I think that's a productive tension.Īctually, the process of writing the book brought me to the PhD program. It's always a tension sometimes they don't really feel aligned with each other.
That sort of tension between creative writing, scholarship, and activism is something that's always in my work. I got an MFA in creative nonfiction, trained as an essayist, and I think of myself as an essayist. I come to academia through the creative writing world. I went to school in Chicago for creative writing and have been in New York for about twelve years now. If I remember correctly, we have in common that we both spent some time in the South. Nga Than (NT): Can you start by introducing yourself?Įric Dean Wilson (EDW): I’m Eric Dean Wilson. Eric gave insight on the fascinating intersections of environmental humanities, discussing his recently published book from conception through publication. I had the pleasure of interviewing Eric Dean Wilson, author of After Cooling: On Freon, Global Warming, and the Terrible Cost of Comfort, and Teaching Fellow in the Mellon Seminar on Public Engagement and Collaborative Research through the Center for Humanities at The Graduate Center, CUNY.
The cover has a light teal background and a white silhouette of an industrial tank with the book's title and byline written on it in bold black letters with orange subtitles, as if these words were written on the tank. The Center for the Humanities Distributaries Blue Humanities: Interview with Eric Dean Wilson February 22, 2022īook cover of After Cooling: On Freon, Global Warming, and the Terrible Cost of Comfort by Eric Dean Wilson.
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