KINSHIP: Belonging in a World of Relations
I’m honored to have two poems in this gorgeous set of five books edited by Gavin Van Horn, Robin Wall Kimmerer & John Hausdoerffer and published by the Center for Humans and Nature. Read two new AHD poems, “Kinship with Trees and Crows” and “The Vocation of Care” in Volume 05, Practice.
Mark Lynch “Inquiry” podcast #2
Mark Lynch and I had such a good time chatting about A WOVEN WORLD that we got together again for this podcast on my poetry collection STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN.
Enjoy!
See the issue hereMy poems “The Bog” and “Views of Nature” join in the company with a marvel of other writers
including Kevin Young, Rita Dove, Craig Santos Perez, and David St. John.
“Letter to 2050” published in January 2021 issue of Scientific American in the Meter feature curated by Dava Sobel. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/poem-letter-to-2050/
Poetry Centered features curated selections from voca, the University of Arizona Poetry Center’s online audiovisual archive of more than 1,000 recordings of poets reading their work during visits to the Center between 1963 and today. In each episode, a guest poet introduces three poems from voca, sharing their insights about the remarkable performances recorded in our archive. Each episode concludes with the guest poet reading a poem of their own. Our inaugural season includes episodes hosted by Hanif Abdurraqib, Alison Hawthorne Deming, Ada Limón, Urayoán Noel, Maggie Smith, and TC Tolbert. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
AHD podcast is live now!
1.1 The Big Story of Life on Earth
Alison Hawthorne Deming introduces recordings of Diane Ackerman reading a love poem for an extraterrestrial (“Ode to the Alien”), Cornelius Eady choosing gratitude as a response to anger and racial discrimination (“Gratitude”), and N. Scott Momaday describing a memorable encounter with Georgia O’Keeffe (“Forms of the Earth at Abiquiu”). Deming also reads a new poem written during this time of quarantine and isolation, “Territory Drive,” originally published at Terrain.org.
Biosphere 2 panorama.
Photo by Tyeen Taylor.
Six poets in residence at the amazing, futuristic, eco-exploratory Biosphere2. Check out the poems in a special feature on Terrain.org: A Journal of the Built + Natural Environments.
Read and listen to Alison’s poem, “Morning in the Lung”, in the series.
Alison Hawthorne Deming read her poem “The Toothbrush” at the beautiful tribute to poet Steve Orlen (1942-2010), a fellow professor at the University of Arizona. The tribute took place on January 22 at the University of Arizona Poetry Center.
Five of Alison’s poems have been featured on Garrison Keillor’s The Writer’s Almanac.