ASLE Spotlight
The Nature of Our Times is featured in the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment (ASLE)’s Member Bookshelf this month! Since 1992, ASLE has fostered and advanced intellectual engagement and collaboration in the environmental humanities and the arts, and we’re grateful to be part of this vital community of inquiry and action.
Antonio López Named 2026 Laureate Fellow
Congratulations to Antonio De Jesús López, San Mateo County Poet Laureate, on being named one of 22 poets laureate nationwide to receive a 2026 Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellowship! We’re especially proud to announce that Antonio’s community project, One County Under Bars, will be forthcoming as an anthology from Paloma Press. The project grows…
Voices from The Nature of Our Times
Congratulations to The Nature Record authors on presenting their draft of the nature assessment to the National Academies! To celebrate this milestone, The Nature of Our Times contributors have recorded a message. Visit our video gallery to explore the collection. We also invite you to join us this fall for the Poets for Science Gathering…
Poets for Science Gathering
Please consider joining us at Kent State University/Wick Poetry Center this November, for the inaugural POETS FOR SCIENCE GATHERING! I’m excited to co-present with my Dear Human and The Nature of Our Times co-editor Luisa A. Igloria, along with anthology contributors Cassandra Bousquet and Eva Chen, and there are 70+ other wonderful sessions with amazing…
California Poets Interview Series
Ten years into Paloma Press, I’ve been thinking about archives, not only of books, but of friendships, collaborations, risks, ideas, and the communities that make literary work possible. Grateful to David Garyan for this conversation on what it means to keep building toward what’s necessary. Read the full interview here.
The Nature of Our Times Spotlight: Review in Arc Poetry
From a review by A. A. Tremblay in Arc Poetry Fall 2025: When faced with uncertainty we’ve always turned outdoors for answers. This anthology is a testament to that enduring human need to touch grass in difficult times. In one poem, Ching-In Chen visits a fir tree “falling over bluff’s edge” for advice on how…
Events: The Nature of Our Times in June
In-person | Wed | June 10 | 6-7:30pm PDT Atherton Library · 2 Dinkelspiel Station Lane Find inspiration in the natural world at this lively, hands-on poetry workshop with acclaimed poet Caroline Goodwin, former Poet Laureate of San Mateo County, drawing from the anthology, The Nature of Our Times. Explore ways to capture nature’s energy through…
ICYMI: The Nature of Our Times
Video messages from contributors to The Nature of Our Times Phyllis Klein hosts Traci Brimhall, Aileen Cassinetto, Joe Cottonwood, Caroline Goodwin, Luisa A. Igloria, Perie Longo, Robbi Nester, Mistee St. Clair, Ingrid Taylor, Catherine Wald, Abby Wheeler, and Maw Shein Win. The Poetry Lighthouse and Erwin Arroyo host “The Nature of Our Times: Ecopoetry Reading…
Events: The Nature of Our Times in May
In-person | Sat | May 9 | 4-5:30pm CDT | San Antonio TX Join The Nature of Our Times contributors Naomi Shihab Nye and Mobi Warren along with poets Jim La-Villa-Havelin, Rachel Aguirre, Jean Hackett, Sarah Joy Thompson, Kamala Platt, Sara Fuller, Antonia Murguia, and Darby Riley for a reading and celebration hosted by Stone…
The Nature of Our Times wins 2026 American Legacy Book Awards!
We are thrilled to announce that The Nature of Our Times: Poems on America’s Lands, Waters, Wildlife, and Other Natural Wonders won the 2026 American Legacy Book Award in the poetry anthology category! The American Legacy Book Awards honor works that contribute meaningfully to our cultural and creative landscape, and we are proud that our…
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