ASLE 2027: Revisiting Transnational Ecopoetics: Poetry as Critical Practice

Building on work from the 2025 ASLE panel Transnational Ecopoetics: Vital Atmospheres in Harsh Climates, as well as an article cluster in progress on Atmospheric Poetics, this panel seeks papers that expand the international terrain shared by ecology, poetics, and critical theory. We seek work that treats theory as poetics, poetry as a theoretical practice, and ecology as a critical frame for both abstract concepts and corporeal landscapes.

Where atmospheric poetics engages the fluid spaces of breath and air, this panel seeks links between …