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The Value & Use of Ecopoetry Anthologies in a Time of Environmental Crisis
Saturday, March 26, 2022
9:00 am to 10:15 am
Five ecopoetry anthology editors will discuss editing and publicizing anthologies (international, national, or local) encouraging action on our environmental crisis and environmental injustice that can help readers feel a sense of both urgency and hope. Some of us have collaborated with scientific or environmental organizations, donating royalties and developing action guides. We will discuss organizing the book, finding a publisher, and working with the publisher to develop a unique point of view.
Participants
Elizabeth J. Coleman is the editor of Here: Poems for the Planet and the author of two poetry collections from Spuyten Duyvil Press, two poetry chapbooks, and a poetry translation. She is a public interest attorney, environmental advocate, and mindfulness teacher.
Ruth Nolan, MFA, MA, is the author of Ruby Mountain (poems), editor of No Place for a Puritan: The Literature of CA's Deserts, and coeditor of Fire and Rain: Ecopoetry of CA. She is professor of English, creative writing, and Native American literature at College of the Desert, Palm Desert, California.
Ann Fisher-Wirth's sixth book is The Bones of Winter Birds. Her fifth book, Mississippi, is a poetry/photography collaboration with Maude Schuyler Clay. Coeditor of The Ecopoetry Anthology, fellow of the Black Earth Institute, Ann teaches English and directs environmental studies at the University of Mississippi.
Craig Santos Perez, PhD, is a native Chamoru from the Pacific Island of Guam. He is the author of five poetry books and the coeditor of five anthologies. He is a professor and former director of the creative writing program in the English department at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa.
Laura-Gray Street
