The Course: Unbearable Beauty and the Romanticization of Place “After all, beauty has only three possible endings, and only one of them is bearable,” said the poet Larry Levis. A poet Continue reading →
The course: A Poetics of Listening Language and the environment are interwoven. How can we find language for our changing environment? How can we use language responsibly in our efforts to rebalance Continue reading →
The course: You, Who the Earth Was For Jean Valentine, the great symbolist poet, left us an eternal reminder: “you / who the earth was for.” As a time-sensitive traveler of Continue reading →
The course: Investigating Place This course will serve as a deep investigation of a single natural landscape of significance to you. This can be the woods near your home where you Continue reading →
The course: The Self in Nature In this class, we'll spend time examining different approaches to nature writing. We'll look at how we see nature in ourselves and how we can Continue reading →
The course: What If This Ends Well? Rewriting Stories of Dystopia and Apocalypse in Time to Change the Narrative Cormac McCarthy's Road. Atwood's Handmaid's Tale. Mad Max, The Walking Dead. Books, film, and Continue reading →
The Course: Rewilding Prose The natural world has often been reduced in writing workshops and craft books to “setting”—a static stage backdrop behind which the human drama, or plot, or “real story” unfolds. Continue reading →