P&W California Town Hall: Poetry in Times of Crisis with Lucille Lang Day, Ruth Nolan & Molly Fisk

The Director of Readings & Workshops West, Jamie Asaye FitzGerald, hosts a California Virtual Town Hall Meeting with writers Lucille Lang Day, Ruth Nolan, and Molly Fisk, who speak about their experiences editing ecopoetry anthologies, and what these revealed about the power of poetry to connect, inspire, and transform in times of crisis. Featured readings and segments include:

00:50 - Welcome by Jamie Asaye FitzGerald
05:40 - Lucille Lang Day, “Fire and Rain: Ecopoetry of California” co-editor
14:30 - Ruth Nolan, “Fire and Rain: Ecopoetry of California” co-editor
24:05 - Molly Fisk, “California Fire & Water: A Climate Crisis Anthology” editor
42:40 - Resources
46:05 - Conversation and Participant Sharing
01:05:40 - Announcements

Our goals for these convenings are to foster community and strengthen connections, help facilitate an exchange of information and resources, encourage literary activity, educate and inform, and share information about P&W resources, including our mini-grants in support of virtual readings and workshops. April 6 2021.