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Poetry Reading: Why Poetry Matters
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Poetry Reading: Why Poetry Matters

Please join poets Patricia Brody, Lucille Lang Day, Alicia Ostriker, and me for an evening of poetry (“Why Poetry Matters”) Tuesday Oct 10th at 7pm--at Word Up Community Bookshop at Amsterdam & 165th St.

It’s often asked if poetry matters. Four women poets will read work that demonstrates why it does. Patricia Brody, Elizabeth J. Coleman, Lucille Lang Day, and Alicia Ostriker will read work that helps light our way forward.

This event is a $5 suggested donation ticket with 30 max attendees. Please register in advance.

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Yetzirah Poet Database
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Yetzirah Poet Database

Very happy to have been introduced to and now to be listed on @YetzirahPoets https://yetzirahpoets.org/jewish-poets-database/

A wonderful resource, and opportunity I highly recommend. Thank you @jessicalgjacobs

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“The Emergence of Hopepunk in Poetry” by Nancy Lynee Woo (excerpts from MFA thesis for Antioch/LA, Winter/Spring, 2021)
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“The Emergence of Hopepunk in Poetry” by Nancy Lynee Woo (excerpts from MFA thesis for Antioch/LA, Winter/Spring, 2021)

It was thrilling to meet Nancy Lynee Woo at AWP 2022 at the panel I moderated entitled, “The Value and Use of Eco Poetry Anthologies in a Time of Environmental Crisis” and to read her MFA thesis for Antioch/LA, “The Emergence of Hopepunk in Poetry, ” Winter/Spring, 2021.

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A rich and varied forest of words by 130 terrific poets speaking about and to the trees they have known.
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A rich and varied forest of words by 130 terrific poets speaking about and to the trees they have known.

At a time when protecting trees is crucial to protecting life on our planet, this is a rich and varied forest of words by 130 terrific poets speaking about and to the trees they have known.

“Just in time for Earth Day and Arbor Day, Grayson Books has published Tree Lines: 21st Century American Poems, an anthology that includes work from 130 contemporary poets, including U.S. Poet Laureates, Pulitzer Prize winners, and other outstanding writers.

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Lee Slonimsky’s Pythagoras in Love Greek Translation
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Lee Slonimsky’s Pythagoras in Love Greek Translation

In 2016, as a thank you for changing my life, I translated my first poetry teacher Lee Slonimsky’s Pythagoras in Love into French, with a resulting bi-lingual edition, Pythagore, Amoureux (Folded Word Press, 2016) https://www.amazon.com/Pythagore-amoureux-Pythagoras-Love-Multilingual/dp/1610191080

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Thanks so much much to Rosaliene Bacchus for this thoughtful review.
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Thanks so much much to Rosaliene Bacchus for this thoughtful review.

"Mother Earth clamors to be heard. All is not well. Our individual beliefs and alternate realities mean nothing in the grand scheme of our collective lives. If we are to avert climate and environmental disaster, we must connect with each other and with the other living beings with whom we share this planet. Doing so with grace is a good place to start."

Read Rosaliene Bacchus's full review oh Here: Poetry for the Planet here: https://rosalienebacchus.blog/2021/07/18/on-a-saturday-in-the-anthropocene-by-american-poet-elizabeth-j-coleman/

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The Value and Use of Ecopoetry Anthologies in a Time of Environmental Crisis - AWP Conference event Saturday, March 26, 2022
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The Value and Use of Ecopoetry Anthologies in a Time of Environmental Crisis - AWP Conference event Saturday, March 26, 2022

Please join us for this AWP Conference event Saturday, March 26, 2022.

https://www.elizabethjcoleman.com/blog/awp-con-2022

Elizabeth will be moderating a panel on Eco Poetry Anthologies with poets/anthologists Ruth Nolan, Ann Fisher-Wirth, Craig Santos Perez, PhD., and Laura-Gray Street.

@ruthnolan @TerrapinBooks @craigsperez @awpwriter @RClgstreet

Five ecopoetry anthology editors will discuss editing and publicizing anthologies (international, national, or local) encouraging action on our environmental crisis and environmental injustice that can help readers feel a sense of both urgency and hope. Some of us have collaborated with scientific or environmental organizations, donating royalties and developing action guides. We will discuss organizing the book, finding a publisher, and working with the publisher to develop a unique point of view.

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