Relook, Rethink, Renew: Rewilding Nature Poems
Dates: June 3-30 (Four weeks, with two week archive period)
Format: Online Workshop (Asynchronous, more info)
In conservation, “rewilding” is the work of restoring ecosystems through repairing connections among the many plant, animal, and fungi species sharing a place. In this class, we will use the concept of “rewilding” to rethink how we approach nature poems, examining both critical texts and poems to explore alternate ways to engage with nonhuman life in our creative work.
By reading texts by Kemi Alibi, Anne Barngrover, Nickole Brown, Camille Dungy, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Merlin Sheldrake, Joanna Macy, and others we will explore ecopoetics from a variety of lenses (i.e., queer, feminist, indigenous, and spiritual). We will take a playful, experimental approach to generating new work inspired by the places we live and the nonhuman life with whom we share those places.
Payment Options
Early Bird: $295 (through May 15)
Regular: $315 (while seats last)
Pay It Forward: $335 (while seats last)
Note: The Pay-It-Forward price is an opportunity to take this class and support someone else while you're at it. The extra monies support scholarships as well as future free and low-cost classes.
Teaching Artist
Amie Whittemore
Amie Whittemore (she/her) is the author of the poetry collections Glass Harvest (Autumn House Press), Star-tent: A Triptych (Tolsun Books) and Nest of Matches (Autumn House Press, 2024). She was the 2020-2021 Poet Laureate of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and an Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellow. She teaches creative writing at Eastern Illinois University and directs MTSU Write, a from-home creative writing mentorship program.
