Until the Red Swallows It All

<p class=ql-align-justify>Sometimes sinister and sometimes playful Mason Parker's essays and vignettes attempt the nearly impossible task of capturing the true magnitude of our ecological situation. <em>Until the Red Swallows It All </em>tells stories of people formed by landscape and examines Oklahoma after the big fracking boom a microcosm of something even more expansive than the open plains or seemingly endless hills. This collection is like a John Prine album or a hillbilly <em>Walden</em>. By veering in and out of the political but mostly by peering through the lens of the personal Parker's work reconciles our past with a future beyond our control or even understanding. </p><p><br></p>