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