Continuities: Readings and Discussions

Information about spring readings coming soon!

Join us for our launch event in Davis Square.

Continuities Readings & Discussions: Poetry & Ecology
Nadia Herman Colburn, Kevin Goodan, Jorie Graham, Nathaniel Tarn & Ruthann Rudel

In this new series founded and introduced by Nadia Herman Colburn, poets Kevin Goodan, Jorie Graham and Nathaniel Tarn and environmental scientist and activist Ruthann Rudel from the Silent Spring Institute (http://silentspring.org) explore the relationship between poetry and the natural world. Faced with ecological devastation, species extinction, climate change and toxic waste, how does the poetic imagination influence the choices we make and help effect change? Co-sponsored by the Woodberry Poetry Room <http://hcl.harvard.edu/libraries/houghton/collections/poetryroom.cfm>.

November 7th, 3pm The Burren, 247 Elm Street Somerville, Davis Square. Close to the Red Line T and ample Somerville meter parking.

The event will be held in the back room of the Burren, a family-friendly Irish pub. Children are welcome. Stay after the reading for conversation, drinks and food.

For details, contact  Nadia Colburn 617-576-0128

Please join us for our launch event:

Continuities; Saturday, October 17th at 2:00 pm in Lowell, MA

Nadia Herman Colburn will introduce a reading and discussion of the poets Afaa Weaver (The Plum Flower Dance, U Pittsburgh Press, 2007), Erica Funkhouser (Earthly, Houghton Mifflin, 2008), and Maggie Dietz (Perennial Fall, U Chicago Press 2006). The poets will read from their work and discuss the relationship between poetry and the natural world. Faced with ecological devastation, species extinction, climate change and toxic waste, how does the poetic imagination influence the choices we make and help effect change?