Author: James R. Turner
James R. Turner, eighty, is a Rome Prize fellow and a fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects. Turner is Legacy Professor
of Landscape Architecture at Louisiana State University and was Senior Fulbright Professor of Architecture at the University of Jordan. He has
taught at the University of Texas in Arlington. His professional practice spans 1965 to 2021. His books have addressed design, drawing, horticulture, historic preservation, and environmental awareness. Turner lives in west Louisiana.
The Good Stuff
When very young, I was threatened with punishment by the devil. When I asked about him, he was described as being in a black outfit with a long tail, horns, and a pitchfork. He had endless ways to punish me, but his specialty was fire, which he was to apply into eternity. I was reminded …