Tag: nature
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Earth Songs and the Machines that Mediate Between
Lead vocalist of Wardruna Einar Selvik said at their show at Red Rocks Amphitheater last October that there used to be a song for everything: sowing seeds, picking herbs, brewing beer. The song connected action with self, and the living entities we were working with (e.g, seeds, herbs, grains in beer). How deep do we Read more
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Brave Enough to Admit We’re Lost: Finding Self to Find Community
In early 2025 I had the privilege of hearing Clint Bowman read from his new book of poems, If Lost, at Poetry Hickory, a monthly poetry reading with featured poet followed by an open mic. Bowman explained he organized his book as a sort of guide for someone lost, with three sections that act as Read more
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From Johnson to Leopold: Dull Certainty to Humble Wonder
This semester my writing students and I have been exploring in a class I’ve called “Representations of Nature.” Part of our task has been to study how writers past and present have represented their relationship with or cultural perspective of nature via essays, poetry, almanacs, and fiction. Along the way we have our own weekly Read more