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3 Poems from Antarctica
In 2008, when I published a collection of poems about polar exploration, I hadn’t yet been to either the Arctic or the Antarctic—although I’d been on ships around ice. But during Continue reading
Letters from the Field
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Letter from Colorado: On the Dirty, Deep-seated Origins of the Animas River Spill
In early August, the EPA accidentally released three million gallons of contaminated water from the Gold King mine into Cement Creek, a tributary of Colorado’s Animas River. Jeff Snowbarger, who’s at Continue reading
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Earthquake in Nepal
The crows of Nepal were the lucky ones. With a pump of their wings, they could vault themselves into steady air, while humans and their habitations remained fixed to the heaving Continue reading
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Postcard from the Nevada Museum of Art #3
Since 2008, the Nevada Museum of Art, in Reno, has convened its Art + Environment Conference, a forum for wide-ranging conversation about how art can help us better understand humans’ place Continue reading
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The Incredible Lightness of Being Arrested
I’ve been sleeping well lately. For the last two nights, that is. Ever since I was taken to jail for an act of civil disobedience against climate change. As I write, Continue reading