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Grand Rapids, Michigan poet laureate Patricia Clark addresses issues of place and nature in her wide ranging work…

Going Deep With Poet John Stanizzi: Visiting A Pond As It Fluctuates

Poet John Stanizzi explores his visits to, and observations of, a pond as it fluctuates over all 365 days of a single year in his book POND.

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Mississippi Poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil Branches Out

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Mississippi-based Aimee Nezhukumatathil uses poetry to focus our attention on the beauty of nature and the importance of conservation.

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Policy Guru Gus Speth Uses Poetry to Voice Climate Concerns

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Gus Speth, founder of the World Resources Institute and a long-time environmental policy guru, has now turned to poetry…

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Alan Britt’s Paradoxical Perspective On Gardens, Birds, Cats & Dogs

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Poet Alan Britt lends his paradoxical and metaphysical poetic perspective to subjects like gardens, birds, cats and dogs.

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Jane Hirshfield: Fighting for Science and Climate in Poetry

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The poems of Jane Hirshfield have long combined engagement with nature, science, and a concern for social justice.

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Born With Song: Wang Ping Spreads Art, Poetry & Kinship From The Mississippi To The Yangtze

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Born with Song: Wang Ping Spreads Art, Poetry, and Kinship from the Mississippi to the Yangtze.

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Ann Fisher-Wirth Enchants With Environmental Studies In Verse

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Between teaching environmental studies and yoga, Ann Fisher-Wirth finds time to write some of the most compelling modern environmental poetry around.

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Maria Melendez Kelson: Inspired By Wildness, Connections To Nature

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A wildlife biology major in college, poet Maria Melendez Kelson continues to be inspired by wildness in human nature & human connections to wild nature.

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Naomi Thiers: Poeticizing Humans’ Connection to the Land

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Naomi Thiers is author of Only The Raw Hands Are Heaven, She Was a Cathedral and In Yolo County.

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