January 15, 2017
An Open Letter from the Only Poet on the Professor Watchlist
Dear Charlie Kirk, Founder of Turning Point USA: It’s not every day that an American poet can address someone who thinks he is dangerous. For that alone I should thank […]
December 9, 2016
A Fable
It is the last day of life on earth, but the United States populace is forbidden to acknowledge the fact. Anyone caught without a smile on their face is subject […]
June 15, 2016
On Watching: Eco-Poetry and Desire in “The Beekeeper’s Daughter”
by Karen Malpede I sit in the back of the theater; that way I can watch the audience watching the play I have written and directed. I can monitor […]
April 22, 2016
We Aren’t Close to Anywhere: On Icelandic Horses
Hranfnkel had one animal in his possession that he valued more than others . . . which he named Freyfaxi. . . . He had such a love for this […]
January 22, 2016
The War to Preserve Everything
I’m interested in all the different ways we use the word, the concept, the illusion of preservation, from food to corpses, from digital data to taxidermy, from photographs to endangered […]
December 11, 2015
EcoFeminism at Cop21
Few people remember the ecofeminist movement of the 1980s, spearheaded by my friends Ynestra King, Starhawk, Grace Paley, Dorothy Dinnerstein and others. Many of the young activists from around […]
November 1, 2015
Exxon Vs. Biophilia
By Karen Malpede The news broke in October, during the lead up to the Paris Cop21. Exxon’s scientists investigated the effects of burning fossil fuels in the 1970ies and 80ies. […]