Ecopoetics has emerged as an attempt to reinvigorate and reposition writing in response to ongoing ecological issues. Such work frequently interrogates language and political discourses (among others) often in a distinctly activist mode, engaging experimental poetic methods and procedures. Poets, activists, scholars, and artists from all over the world converged on Berkeley this past February to share readings, presentations, and conversations. I was part of a panel that conceived of ecopoetics as a set of innovative research methods and compositional practices designed to extend ecocritical inquiry in unexpected directions.
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