The Nature of Our Times Spotlight: Vashon Island & Seattle
From “A night of poetry celebrates ‘The Nature of Our Times’” by Elizabeth Shepherd (Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber, 20 January 2026): A standing-room audience filled the [Vashon] Land Trust Building last week for a spirited local launch of The Nature of Our Times, a new poetry anthology reflecting on America’s lands, waters and wildlife. Phil Levin,…
Pledge: The Nature of Our Times
How might you pledge allegiance to the land? How might you pledge allegiance to the broader scientific community, or to the rigor and methods that underlie this work? Share your voice in “Pledge: The Nature of Our Times” and join our growing collective. Other ways to take part in shaping the land together: The Nature…
The Nature of Our Times Spotlight: Poetry as the Art of Activism
Our sincere thanks to Tom Montgomery Fate for his insightful review of THE NATURE OF OUR TIMES: POEMS ON AMERICA’S LANDS, WATERS, WILDLIFE, and to Elizabeth Jacobson, Reviews Editor at Terrain for her support. An excerpt follows: What readers will find is that this “joyful resistance” springs from the poets’ radical attentiveness to the world…
Events: The Nature of Our Times at Washington State
In-person | Tues | Jan 13 | 5pm PST10014 Southwest Bank Rd., Vashon, WA A Reading & Celebration hosted by the Vashon-Maury Island Land Trust featuring Ching-In Chen, David Hassler, Catherine Johnson, Phil Levin, Sandra Noel, Margaret Roncone, Mary G. L. Shackelford, Derek Sheffield, Ann Spiers, and Lara Volski. In-person | Wed | Jan 14 |…
CLMP’s 2025 Year-End Roundups
We’re grateful to the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP) for including our books in their year-end roundup of poetry anthologies, chapbooks, and full-length collections published in 2025! Check out the complete list here. The Nature of Our Times: Poems on America’s Lands, Waters, Wildlife, and Other Natural Wonders September 18, 2025ISBN: 9781734496574 Originally…
The Nature of Our Times Spotlight: With Good Reason
With Good Reason features a new anthology of poems that gathers voices from science, the arts, and Indigenous communities to create a portrait of nature in America. Airing online and on public radio on Friday, December 5th.
Event: The Nature of Our Times Celebration Reading
Join poets Philip Metres, John Dos Passos Coggin, Chad Knuth, Erin L. McCoy, Kyle Potvin, and Catherine Puma for a celebration of The Nature of Our Times. Zoom | Monday | Dec 8 | 7pm EST This virtual event is hosted by Erin L. McCoy, author of Wrecks, finalist for the Noemi Press Book Award,…
A Celebration of Filipinx Poets
Friday, November 219:55am-11:25am The 122nd Annual Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA) Conference, InterContinental San Francisco Contemporary Filipinx Poetry in the U.S.: Forging Connections to Our Languages and Histories “the first ever Filipino poetry event in the conference’s 122-year history” Chair: Luisa A. IgloriaPanelists: Aileen Cassinetto, Kabel Mishka Ligot, Karen Llagas, Michelle Peñaloza, Zosimo…
Full house at Poets House and Verse Virtual!
We are truly grateful and absolutely blown away by the generosity, time, and kind words shared by everyone who supported The Nature of Our Times by hosting readings and celebrating this labor of love with us. Here are photos from the November 13 reading co-hosted by Poets House and Wick Poetry Center featuring Poets for…
Full Zoom Room for the Blue Convergence Reading!
Thank you so much to Emily Knight and the Blue Convergence Fund for hosting “The Nature of Our Times” November 6th reading on Zoom featuring Dr. Phil Levin, Emma Goldman-Sherman, Gabriela A. Igloria, Ed Meek, & Maya Zeff. The room was packed with poets and scientists united by our shared love of nature and the…
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