Climate Crisis, Lyric Crisis?: Contemporary Poetry and the Environment
Climate Crisis, Lyric Crisis?:Contemporary Poetry and the Environment
‘Un- natural says the news. Also the body says it.’ Jorie Graham
‘I place my feet with care in such a world.’ William E. Stafford
‘Task: to be where I am.’ Tomas Tranströmer
What is the role of poetry in times of loss and unravelling? How do poets respond to environmental distress – and register the unnaturalness of the current weather – even as they continue to bear careful witness to their local landscapes and places? If ignorance about what is ...