Poetry & Planet

Lalita Noronha

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Lalita Noronha: Fresh Perspectives on Life & Nature in America

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Author and poet Lalita Noronha, who emigrated to the U.S. from India at age 23, gives fresh perspectives on life and nature in the United States.

emmy perez environmental

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Emmy Perez: Poetry of the Borderlands

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Emmy Pérez is the 2020 Texas Poet Laureate and the author of two books, With the River on Our Face and Solstice, and often addresses environmental topics.

Lucille Lang Day

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Lucille Lang Day: Leveraging Poetry For Environmental Causes

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Environmental poet Lucille Lang Day has published ten books of poetry, including Infinities, which moves from the birth of the universe to inner space.

Marianne Szlyk

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Marianne Szlyk: Communing With Trees, Flowers, Insects Through Verse

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Not owning a car, poet Marianne Szlyk frequents public transit and takes many walks, during which she communes with trees, flowers, insects & small mammals.

Colonization & Environment

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Craig Santos Perez: On Colonization & Environment

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Award-winiing poet Craig Santos Perez focuses his work on the continuing effects, and environmental impacts, of colonization.

Greg Luce

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Greg Luce: Celebrating Nature, Birds and Jazz in Verse

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Washington, DC-based poet Gregory Luce loves nature, birds and jazz and pursues these topics among others in his award-winning verse.

Melissa Tuckey

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Melissa Tuckey: A Voice for Eco-Justice

Ethan Goffman Melissa Tuckey, poem, poetry, poetry-and-planet

Melissa Tuckey is an avid gardener and environmental activist and the author of two poetry collections, Tenuous Chapel and Rope as Witness.

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Camille Dungy On Nature, Motherhood & Environmental Justice

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Colorado State University prof and author Camille Dungy isn’t afraid to tackle big issues in poetry.

Alice Major

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Canadian Alice Major Sparks Love For Science & Nature in Poetry

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Canadian poet Alice Major discusses why writing about nature and the environment is an important part of healing ourselves…

Tim Seibles

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Virginia’s Tim Seibles Talks Giving Voice To Nature Through Poetry

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In this edition of Ethan Goffman’s Poetry & Planet Podcast, former Poet Laureate of Virginia Tim Seibles gives voice to animals and nature…

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