The Nature of Our Times Hybrid Poetry Reading & Exhibit Launch hosted by Poets House
Readings from Kimberly Blaeser, Aileen Cassinetto, Ching-In Chen, Kinsale Drake, David Hassler, Jane Hirshfield, Luisa A. Igloria, Philip Metres, Vina Orden, Dorsía Smith Silva, Arthur Sze, Joanna Solfrian, and Leah Umansky
Hybrid | Thursday | Nov 13 | 7pm EST
Join us in person or remotely for a hybrid poetry reading and exhibit launch featuring contributors to the new anthology The Nature of Our Times: Poems on America’s Lands, Waters, Wildlife, and Other Natural Wonders. The exhibit of poetry and images at Poets House explores how nature shapes our lives, and how we can shape nature’s future.
In-person readers include Kimberly Blaeser, Vina Orden, Joanna Solfrian, Leah Umansky, and anthology coeditor David Hassler. Online readers include anthology coeditors Luisa A. Igloria and Aileen Cassinetto, as well Ching-In Chen, Kinsale Drake, Jane Hirshfield, Philip Metres, Dorsía Smith Silva, and Arthur Sze.
Published by Paloma Press in collaboration with the Wick Poetry Center at Kent State University and Poets for Science, The Nature of Our Times is a companion to the United By Nature Initiative, a first-of-its-kind, national assessment of U.S. lands, waters, and wildlife.
Presented in collaboration with the Wick Poetry Center and the Poetry Coalition.
Elizabeth Kray Hall, Poets House, 10 River Terrace, NYC and Zoom
