Camille T. Dungy has authored an essay collection and four poetry collections, most recently Trophic Cascade. She has edited three anthologies, including Black Nature. Dungy is a distinguished professor at Colorado State University. Dungy is also Orion’s poetry editor.
Camille T. Dungy
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Sixteen Poetry Recommendations for National Native American Heritage Month
JOIN US for another round of poetry recommendations, this time in celebration of the rich and diverse cultures, traditions, and contributions of Native people. Follow these poets over water, land, Continue reading
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Fifteen Poetry Recommendations for National Disability Employment Awareness Month
ORION‘s poetry editor Camille Dungy and friends are back with another suite of poetry recommendations we’re excited to share for October, National Disability Employment Awareness Month. In this gathering of books Continue reading
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Eleven Poetry Recommendations for Latinx and Hispanic Heritage Month
EACH MONTH, Orion’s poetry editor, Camille Dungy, and friends recommend environmentally engaged poetry collections they think our readers might enjoy. This month we’re honoring Latinx and Hispanic Heritage Month with Continue reading
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Thirteen Essential Poetry Collections That Pass the Test of Time
EACH MONTH, Orion’s poetry editor, Camille Dungy, and friends recommend recently published poetry collections they think our readers might enjoy. This month we’re offering some older seminal works on the list. Continue reading
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Poetry for Pride: Ten Essential Collections
ORION‘S poetry editor Camille Dungy returns for Pride Month to recommend five essential voices from the LBGTQIA+ community for Orion readers. In addition, a handful of established poets offer some of Continue reading
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Ten Essential Voices for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
LAST MONTH, we posted a list of poetry recommendations for National Poetry Month, and the response was so positive we’ve decided to offer up more recommendations, this time in honor Continue reading
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Twenty-One Recommended Poetry Collections for Orion Readers
As National Poetry Month comes to a close, we asked Orion’s poetry editor Camille Dungy and her community of poets what recent collections they’d recommend to Orion readers. Because, let’s face it: Continue reading
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Four Winged Poems to Celebrate National Poetry Month
THIS TIME OF YEAR, the birds catch my attention and hold it. The robins are back, or maybe they’re just bolder. I see them most in this early spring season, when Continue reading
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Dirt
YESTERDAY, a large truck dumped seventy cubic yards of shredded cedar mulch onto our driveway. Then, because that first pile consumed more than two-thirds the driveway’s available space, the truck dumped Continue reading
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One Night in 1888, as the French steamboat Abd-el-Kader powered from Marseilles to Algiers, news reports proclaim the sky became quite black with swallows
The channel between one life and another has always been subject to sudden explosions. Those swallows must have been exhausted. The birds alighted in the thousands on the sails, ropes, and Continue reading