"[Positive Pollutions and Cultural Toxins] should prove very useful to literature scholars who are looking for a way to think about two disciplines—ethnic literature and environmental criticism—that too often seem as though they are, as Gamber points out, inimical to one another's interests."—Stephanie Foote, ISLE "Positive Pollutions and Cultural Toxins advances the field of ecocriticismby offering detailed close readings of ... Read moreimportant novels that address the topics of race and toxicity in urban contexts. Gamber's informative discussions of these texts will support researchers and teachers seeking to move beyond more conventional ecocritical topics such as conservation and nature writing."—Hsuan L. Hsu, MELUS "Gamber fills a gap analytically and narratively in American ecocriticism as he examines deeply how toxins influence a broad environmental spectrum from real chemical damage to understanding the distance humans maintain from their own actions and bodies."—Kristin Ladd, Western American Literature "Positive Pollutions and Cultural Toxins stands as a valuable contribution to the understudied but growing fields of urban ecocriticism and waste culture."—Emily Johnston, College Literature Show Less