Tag: ecologies
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The Nature of Our Times: Updates
Here are a few places where The Nature of Our Times has recently been featured: David Hassler, co-editor of The Nature of Our Times and Executive Director of Wick Poetry Center at Kent State University, will be participating in a session hosted by Dr. Jane Lubchenco and Dr. Heather Tallis during Climate Week NYC, Sept 22, 9am-12pm, at the…
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Filoli celebrates haiku contest’s 5th anniversary!
Submit your best haiku inspired by Filoli’s spring Garden! DEADLINE IS APRIL 14TH. To celebrate the fifth anniversary of the contest, we are inviting work that highlights nature’s many generosities and the role it plays as a place for contemplation, joy, and healing. Please share your own personal and communal stories around Filoli’s Garden and…
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National Poetry Month 2025
Poets & Their DarlingsBurlingame Public LibraryApril 5, 1pm Join us for our annual National Poetry Month celebration! This poetry reading for adults and teens will feature poets from our 2024/2025 poetry programs and youth poet laureate candidates. Poets will share original work alongside poems from their poetry idols. Come and support our local community of…
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An Evening With Luisa A. Igloria, Aileen Cassinetto, Diane Seuss, and Martha Silano
The New England Poetry Club is hosting “An Evening with Luisa A. Igloria, Aileen Cassinetto, Diane Seuss, and Martha Silano” on November 11th, Monday, at 4pm PT/7pm ET on Zoom. The reading will feature poems from Dear Human at the Edge of Time, and new books by Luisa A. Igloria and Martha Silano. The event…
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Call for Submissions on the Nature of Our Times
THE NATURE OF OUR TIMES: POEMS ON AMERICA’S LANDS, WATERS, WILDLIFE, AND OTHER NATURAL WONDERS A companion to the First National Nature Assessment (NNA1) Forthcoming, Fall 2025 from Paloma Press, in collaboration with Wick Poetry Center at Kent State University and Poets for Science Luisa A. Igloria, Aileen Cassinetto, and David Hassler (Editors) BACKGROUND Partly inspired…
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San Mateo County celebrates bridge-builders
From the San Mateo County Office of Community Affairs:In honor of Immigrant Heritage Month, we are celebrating bridge-builders—leaders whose work uplifts immigrant communities and supports immigrant inclusion. Meet Aileen Cassinetto: “I’m a first generation immigrant, and also the daughter and granddaughter of first generation immigrants from the Philippines. I was appointed San Mateo County Poet…
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Everybody’s Climate
EVERYBODY’S CLIMATE 2024: July 6-July 31 Sunday, 7/21/20241:00 – 3:00San Francisco Main LibraryLatino/Hispanic Meeting Room100 Larkin St SFLight refreshments and free copies of Dear Human at the Edge of Time to in-person attendees while supplies last! Aileen Cassinetto, Marisa Lin and Kim Shuck will be reading poems from the new anthology Dear Human at the Edge of…
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5th Annual Filoli Haiku Contest
From Filoli: We are thrilled to announce the four winners of this year’s Haiku Contest! Each of the following poems was selected by judge and San Mateo Poet Laureate Emerita Aileen Cassinetto from among over 400 individual haiku poems submitted this year. We invite you to see these poems displayed throughout the Garden! Also check…
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Dear Human at Future’s Edge: Science, Creativity and Climate Futures Conference
Please save the date! Dear Human at Future’s Edge: Science, Creativity and Climate Futures ConferenceTuesday, April 16, 20241pm-5:30pm Pacific (Reception at 4:30pm)Banatao Auditorium, 310 Sutardja Dai Hall, UC BerkeleyFree & open to the public, but registration is requested. Sponsor(s): Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, Environmental Arts and Humanities Initiative, Center for Interdisciplinary Critical…
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National Poetry Month 2024
Library staff’s Poetry to Read for National Poetry Month 2024 Thursday, April 4, 5:30pm-7pm CREATIVITEA OPEN MIC Presented by Stir Fry Stories and Chopsticks Alley CZI Community Space801 Jefferson Avenue Redwood CityA multidisciplinary showcase for Asian American Pacific Islander musicians, singers, writers, poets/spoken word artists, and visual artists who live and/or work in San Mateo…
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