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Welcome to the 2021 Get Lit! Virtual Festival
Tuesday, April 13 • 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Ecopoetry with Derek Sheffield and Ellen Bass

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Derek Sheffield and Ellen Bass are poets of the fine details of place—attentive to the way both the human world and the natural world are inseparable. They will read from their latest poetry collections Not for Luck (Sheffield) and Indigo (Bass) which center on ecopoetry, including themes of environmental and social justice. Following the reading, the poets will discuss their poetic approaches to these important topics.

Speakers
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Derek Sheffield

Derek Sheffield is the author of Not for Luck, selected by Mark Doty for the Wheelbarrow Books Poetry Prize, and Through the Second Skin. He is a co-editor of Dear America: Letters of Hope, Habitat, Defiance, and Democracy. His awards include a special mention in the 2016 Pushcart... Read More →
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Ellen Bass

Ellen Bass’s newest collection, Indigo, was published by Copper Canyon Press in April 2020. Her other poetry books include Like a Beggar, The Human Line, and Mules of Love. Her poems appear frequently in The New Yorker, American Poetry Review, and many other journals. Among her... Read More →


Tuesday April 13, 2021 7:00pm - 8:00pm PDT
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