Saturday, April 16, 2022

HW for April 21: questions to our guest, Scott Edward Anderson, author of Dwelling: an Ecopoem (anthology pp. 255-263)

 Please post on the comment box questions or impressions / comments on the texts selected from Scott Edward Anderson, or on other facets of the life and work of an "ecopoet", descendant from Portuguese immigrants (see more here https://portuguese-american-journal.com/the-journey-scott-edward-anderson-at-home-away-from-home-interview/) and an environmental activist (here is his blog https://www.thegreenskeptic.com) who also collaborated with the NGO The Nature Conservancy(https://www.nature.org/en-us/).

Scott Edward Anderson & Alice Pettway || Monday, March 18, 7:30 pm || SPC,  1719 25th Street || Host Penny Kline || Free event and Parking || Open Mic  || Refreshments

2 comments:

  1. - Do you feel like people who have moved around a lot and have lived in different parts of nature have a better feeling of what is the meaning of nature and dwelling? And are able to think better as delineation as a starting point?
    - Do you feel like the bridge between two people; which according to your poem (can) go without acknowledgement; is also a bridge people can have with certain places they might have never visited?

    Prepared these questions but both were naturally discussed during the online seminar!

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  2. Inês Nazaré BrasilMay 7, 2022 at 3:46 PM

    I especially liked how Anderson, in his poem “Mapping”, defined boundaries as beginnings rather than endings. It seems like a more positive/uplifting view of it and it opens the door for the possibility of new things.

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Final HW: Walt Whitman and Derek Walcott (pp. 279-283)

1. Do some research on D. Walcott and try to account for the different perspectives of the ocean (and sea-crossings) in Walcott's "...