Douglas Penick

Douglas Penick’s shorter works work have appeared in Tricycle, Berfrois, Arrowsmith, Descant, New England Review, Parabola, Chicago Quarterly, Agni, Kyoto Journal, Lit Hub, The Utne Reader, Consequences, etc. His book of essays, The Age of Waiting ,centered on the sensibility of ecological collapse, was published in 2021 by Arrowsmith Press. In March, 2024, New York Review Books will publish The Oceans of Cruelty, which retells an ancient Indian story cycle, exploring narrative, magic, and toxic social norms. This article is the topic of his newest book, Winter Light.