Ethan Mannon
Ethan Mannon lives in the mountains of Tennessee with his wife and children. He is an Associate Professor of English at Mars Hill University, where he teaches American and Appalachian Literature, as well as composition. He is the Director of the MHU Honors Program and one of the founders of the MHU Heritage Garden. His recent book, The Georgic Mode in Twentieth-Century American Literature: The Satisfactions of Soil and Sweat (Lexington Books, 2024), includes a chapter about honey bees.
Articles by Ethan Mannon
Conservation by the Yard
I begin with a proposition adapted from Wendell Berry—namely, that mowing is an ecological act. Mowing extends the perennial drama of photosynthesis and carbon cycling. Too few lawn owners, however,…
Backyard Beekeeping
I had long resisted adding ten thousand new livestock to our less than two acres. I had listened to beekeepers’ tales of bears and had read enough about varroa mites…