Responding to the Natural World
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April 7th & 8th
David Baker

Friday, April 7th
3222 Angell Hall

2:00-3:00pm Poetry Reading

"Midwest Ecologue and Other Poems: A Reading"

Description:
From short lyrics to polyphonic narratives, Baker’s poems often investigate issues of nature and people’s place in it – from organic gardening to hard farm labor, from small-town politics to exurban sprawl and “development.” 

Publications:
Midwest Eclogue (W.W. Norton, 2005)
Changeable Thunder (Univ. of Arkansas Press, 2001)
The Truth about Small Towns (Univ. of Arkansas Press, 1998)

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Presenters' books will be on sale in Angell Hall. additionally, Emmet Gowin's book will be on sale at UMMA.

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The Institute for the Humanities, The Program in the Environment, Office of the Dean, Rackham Graduate School and The University of Michigan Museum of Art.
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