Talks, Ideas & Policy

Poetry in an Ever-Changing Landscape

Name: Poetry in an Ever-Changing Landscape
Start: 2026-10-07T13:30:00-04:00
Location: Wilkins Plaza Tent

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Ecopoets Cecily Parks and Tracy Zeman discuss collections on nature, family and ecological crisis.

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