Mary Oliver's Devotions to the Natural World (Part 1: Trees)
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Mary Oliver’s Devotions to the Natural World
December 2: Devotions to Trees
December 9: Devotions to Birds
December 16: Devotions to Water
Troy Hess from On the Yahara Writing Center will teach this 3-class series. The series takes its name from Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver, published in 2017. In each class, we’ll read through poems from a variety of Oliver poetry collections in order to explore the dynamic meaning of devotions as spiritually intentional poems offered to readers and the natural world alike.
Even though this class is offered as a connected series, each of them can be taken as standalone. If you don’t have access to the books, a reading packet with be available a few days prior to the class date.
Troy has been teaching environmental literature, eco poetry, poetry for wellbeing, as well as leading nature lover book groups at Madison area libraries for On the Yahara Writing Center for 10 years. He created the ongoing Mary Oliver Society classes in response to her many devoted readers in the Madison area.
This event is made possible by a grant from Beyond the Page, National Endowment for the Humanities, and Madison Community Foundation. Beyond the Page is an endowment that funds free humanities programs at Dane County, Wisconsin libraries.
Register: https://events.madisonpubliclibrary.org/events/269984
December 2: Devotions to Trees
December 9: Devotions to Birds
December 16: Devotions to Water
Troy Hess from On the Yahara Writing Center will teach this 3-class series. The series takes its name from Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver, published in 2017. In each class, we’ll read through poems from a variety of Oliver poetry collections in order to explore the dynamic meaning of devotions as spiritually intentional poems offered to readers and the natural world alike.
Even though this class is offered as a connected series, each of them can be taken as standalone. If you don’t have access to the books, a reading packet with be available a few days prior to the class date.
Troy has been teaching environmental literature, eco poetry, poetry for wellbeing, as well as leading nature lover book groups at Madison area libraries for On the Yahara Writing Center for 10 years. He created the ongoing Mary Oliver Society classes in response to her many devoted readers in the Madison area.
This event is made possible by a grant from Beyond the Page, National Endowment for the Humanities, and Madison Community Foundation. Beyond the Page is an endowment that funds free humanities programs at Dane County, Wisconsin libraries.
Register: https://events.madisonpubliclibrary.org/events/269984
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Where is it happening?
Hawthorne Library, Madison Public Library, Madison Public Library-Hawthorne Br, 2707 E Washington Ave, Madison, WI 53704, United States
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