A Good Life / Subsistence
byTwo poems with accompanying artwork by Linnea Ryshke, extracts from Kindling (Lantern Publishing and Media, September 2021).
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Turning Tables
byAn in-depth essay on the work of artist-activist Kathryn Eddy, from Mandy-Suzanne Wong’s new book, Listen, we all bleed, published by New Rivers Press, November 2021.
Lille Gris
byLille Gris was dreamt up before Brexit and Covid-19 changed everything. In December 2017 an invitation arrived to participate in an exhibition programme at…
Digging in this Dirt
byWith his wife Kerstin, Josh Mabie co-owns Pied Beauty Farm, a no-spray orchard, flower farm, and apiary just outside of Stoughton, Wisconsin.
Meadow Grass / Unmake the Land
by“In the tracks of grazing cattle and the oak tree’s swell” – a pair of new poems about labour and the land by writer Hannah Green.
Essays on Dog Walking, I & II
byTwo poems from Thinking with Trees, the brilliant debut collection from Jason Allen-Paisant – published by Carcanet.
Fields of View
byChicago-based naturalist and botanist Andrew Hipp on the connecting threads between science, natural history and writing.
Behind the Orange Curtain
byBesides getting the usual “Go West, Young Man”-type pandering that we all seem to get from American propaganda, a couple things I came across…
Le Président / The Crocodile Feeder
byLe Président: Seven Days In the beginning, Le President, flattened his ancestral villagei, to create his idea of heaven. “Let there be no…
Lessons from Seed
byA personal essay by seed researcher and baker Col Gordon on the complex relationships between plants, people and place.
Bees, Art and Biodiversity
byHow can artists improve biodiversity? Philosopher, author and curator Sue Spaid’s 2020 lecture explains (includes video + edited transcript).