Can Poetry Save the Earth?

The Stanford Environmental Humanities Project is pleased to present a conversation about art and activism entitled Can Poetry Save the Earth? Inspired by Professor Emeritus John Felstiner's 2010 book of the same title, this event brings together a panel of local poets who will read from their work and respond to the questions Prof. Felstiner raises about the urgency of poetic expression in precarious times.

This event is co-sponsored by the Department of English and the Program in Modern Thought & Literature.

When: March 6th, 6-8 pm

Where: Terrace Room, Margaret Jacks Hall

What: Poetry readings, panel discussion, questions and answers

Who: 

John Felstiner (Stanford): Professor Emeritus of English and author of Can Poetry Save the Earth?: A Field Guide to Nature Poems (2010)

Keith Ekiss (Stanford): Jones Lecturer in Creative Writing and author of The Pima Road Notabook (2010)

Arif Gamal (College of Marin, UC Berkeley): poet, activist, and author of Morning in the Serra Mattu: A Nubian Ode (forthcoming, 2014)

Austin Smith (Stanford): Wallace Stegner Fellow in fiction and author of five poetry collections including Almanac: Poems (2013)

Hazel White (Headlands Center for the Arts): poet, landscape artist, and author of Peril as Architectural Enrichment (2011).

We hope you can join us for an evening of exciting contemporary poetry and thought-provoking discussion!