Transforming Nature with Tommy Pico
A look at how Tommy Pico reveals “stereotypes about a culture’s relationship to nature” in his book-length Nature Poem.
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Transforming Nature with Marilyn Nelson
By Carl Phillips
Posted Dec 12, 2018
Carl Phillips looks at how Marilyn Nelson presents “a racialized landscape” in her poem “My Grandfather Walks in the Woods.”
Transforming Nature with James Schuyler
By Carl Phillips
Posted Dec 3, 2018
Carl Phillips explores James Schuyler’s poem “The Bluet,” revealing “a thanksgiving of sorts, for friendship itself, for human company.”
Transforming Nature with John Clare
By Carl Phillips
Posted Nov 26, 2018
Carl Phillips examines how a poem by John Clare conveys “sensitivity to wilderness and the human ability to reason about it.”
Transforming Nature with Charlotte Smith
By Carl Phillips
Posted Nov 19, 2018
Carl Phillips looks at a 1797 sonnet by Charlotte Smith that explores the desire to escape “a civilization of reason’s making.”