Contemporary Ecopoetics: Beyond Nature Poetry Presentation by Lynn Keller

Schedule

Thu Nov 13 2025 at 05:30 pm to 07:00 pm

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Location

Laguna de Santa Rosa Foundation | Santa Rosa, CA

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Explore contemporary eco-poetry and environmental justice with Lynn Keller in a thought-provoking presentation on November 13 from 5:30-7pm.
About this Event

While nature poetry calls attention to the wonders of the plants, animals, and geographies around us, many contemporary poets who care about the environment find writing about the solace and beauty to be found in nature inadequate to current realities. Awareness of environmental degradation, environmental crises, or environmental injustice is pushing them to produce alternative kinds of environmental writing. Poets whose powerful works may be presented to illustrate these developments include Lucille Clifton, Allison Cobb, Brenda Hillman, Evelyn Reilly, Ed Roberson, Juliana Spahr, and Brian Teare.

Lynn Keller is Emerita Professor of English and former director of the Center for Culture, History, and Environment at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Now living in Sebastopol, she is also a printer at North Bay Letterpress Arts. Her most recent book is Recomposing Ecopoetics: North American Poetry of the Self-Conscious Anthropocene (University of Virginia Press, 2017).

Come early or stay after to see the Watershed Moment exhibit in Heron Hall, on view through December 19, featuring letterpress works by North Bay Letterpress Arts, some of which incorporate poetry.

Cancellation Policy: Cancellations made more than 30 days before the event will receive a refund, minus a $10 processing fee. Tickets purchased at $10 are non-refundable. Cancellations made 7–30 days in advance will receive a 50% refund. No refunds are available for cancellations less than 7 days before the event. If we need to cancel the event, you will receive a full refund.

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Laguna de Santa Rosa Foundation, 900 Sanford Rd, Santa Rosa, United States

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