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Listening to Place: Nature and Poetry Walk

  • Chanute Public Library 111 N. Lincoln Chanute, Kansas 66720 (map)

Connecting with the natural world can provide a wellspring of knowledge and inspiration, enabling us to (re)discover strategies for living in the world, to grieve and heal after loss, and realign our thinking toward kinship, community, and sustainability. This beginner-friendly nature and poetry walk will be oriented to connecting with the more-than-human world through literature in the environmental humanities. By the words of poets, writers, and our own senses, this hike will engage with diverse habitats throughout Kansas to help participants listen to the often-unseen wisdom around us.

Earlier Event: June 24
Nature Writing Workshop
Later Event: August 30
Write & Ride Workshop

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