Tag: The Nature of Our Times
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The Nature of Our Times: December Events
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. 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…
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The Nature of Our Times: November Events
Zoom | Thursday | Nov 6 | 8pm EST Join Blue Convergence Fund for a reading featuring Emma Goldman-Sherman, Gabriela A. Igloria, Ed Meek, & Maya Zeff. Hosted by Emily Knight, with an introduction by Dr. Phillip Levin. Hybrid | Thursday | Nov 13 | 7pm EST Join Poets House for a reading featuring Kimberly Blaeser, Aileen…
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77th Frankfurt Book Fair
At the world’s largest gathering of ideas and rights negotiations, the Philippines stands bold and boundless as the 77th Frankfurt Book Fair/Frankfurter Buchmesse Guest of Honour. Paloma Press is honored to bring with us stories from the Filipino diaspora. Congratulations to all who made this possible. Padayon!
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Climate Summit at Stanford
At this year’s San Mateo County Climate Summit organized by Thrive, Nuestra Casa, Rise South City, and Climate Resilient Communities, and co-presented by the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability, we are grateful to Thrive Alliance’s Georgia Farooq for generously providing space for our anthology, The Nature of Our Times. Paloma Press publisher and San Mateo…
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Climate Summit SMC
I’m honored to be opening the San Mateo County Climate Summit with a land acknowledgment, a brief introduction to The Nature of Our Times, and place-based poems. Looking forward to helping open the space with purpose and presence. Fourth Annual Climate Summit:Sustaining Community Power in Climate ActionStanford Redwood City CampusOctober 9, 2025, 8am to 5pm…
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The Nature of Our Times Is Here!
We’ve officially released The Nature of Our Times! Huge thanks to David Hassler and Wick Poetry Center for organizing and hosting all the gatherings and launch events. Thank you so much to poets Barbara Sabol, Carrie George, Charlie Malone, Gabriela Igloria, Jeff Gundy, Jennifer Browne, Jessica Jones, Laura Grace Weldon, Neil Carpathios, Paula J. Lambert,…
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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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The Nature of Our Times: Book Launch, Readings, Panel, & Exhibit Opening
We are so excited to announce that THE NATURE OF OUR TIMES anthology will be launched at Kent State University and Cleveland Public Library on September 18th & 19th! All three editors will be present to celebrate the release along with Dr. Phillip Levin, Director of United By Nature (originally, the U.S. National Nature Assessment). Edited by…
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The Nature of Our Times: A Message from the Editors
The Nature of Our Times: Poems on America’s Lands, Waters, Wildlife, and Other Natural Wonders was originally envisioned to be a companion to the first ever U.S. National Nature Assessment (NNA1). We have recently learned that the U.S. Global Change Research Program has been ordered to discontinue their work on the National Nature Assessment. However, the…
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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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