An IntroductionErica Rowell

Erica Rowell is a seasoned editor, broadcast journalist, producer, and author. Her work has been featured by Duke University, Environmental Defense Fund, Spirit magazine, Monitor Radio, WNYC Radio, FOXNEWS.com, ABCNEWS.com, and ABCNEWS Radio.

Rowell is currently the Online Managing Editor for Duke University's Nicholas School of the Environment and the Managing Editor of TheGreenGrok.com, a blog on sustainability and environmental science written by Dr. Bill Chameides, dean of the Nicholas School.

The Brothers Grim: The Films of Ethan and Joel Coen

by Erica Rowell | Scarecrow Press, 2007

In 1984 Joel and Ethan Coen burst onto the art-house film scene with their neo-noir "Blood Simple," and ever since they have sharpened the cutting edge of independent film.

Blending black humor and violence with unconventional narrative twists, their acclaimed movies evoke highly charged worlds of passion, absurdity, nightmare realms, and petty human failures, all the while revealing the filmmakers' penchant for visual jokes and bravura technical strokes.

Rowell's first book, "The Brothers Grim: The Films of Ethan and Joel Coen" (Scarecrow Press, 2007), dissects the cinema of the filmmaking duo known as the Coen brothers ("Fargo," "The Big Lebowski," "No Country for Old Men").

Duke's Nicholas School and The Green Grok

Online editor from February 2008 to present
The Green Grok

We are on an unsustainable course. While world populations and consumption grow, resources diminish and global warming threatens our way of life. We must find a more sustainable path. But how?

In The Green Grok, Dr. Bill Chameides elucidates causes of and potential remedies for environmental change and identifies pathways towards a more sustainable future. Meet the Grok team.

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