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May 3, 2023

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 ...