Author: Camille Dungy

“Camille Dungy, an American poet and academic, is also known in her neighbourhood in Fort Collins, Colorado, for her gorgeous garden. Dungy spent a decade converting her single-species lawn into a biodiverse haven of native plant species that supports birds and pollinators year-round and uses less water.

But she has also left room for a few non-native (though still non-invasive) species such as irises, which remind her of a loved one, as well as some lawn space for her child to play on (although she swapped the Kentucky bluegrass for native grasses). Her garden is now about 70% native plants to 30% non-native.”

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Suzanne Roberts’s review of America, A Love Story is live here on terrain.org!

“WTIU producer Todd Gould talks with poet Camille Dungy about Gene Stratton-Porter’s legacy.”

“Camille explores Gene Stratton-Porter’s legacy as a writer of nonfiction nature studies, as well as her poetry, and theorizes when it is most effective to make an argument for conservation through scientific data, and when it is effective instead to reach for a poem to help promote greater environmental awareness and heal one’s mind and heart through the power of nature and poetry.”

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“We asked ten literary experts to recommend the climate poem that has spoken to them most powerfully. Their answers span over 200 years and a range of emotions from sorrow, to anger, fear and hope.

This article is part of Climate Storytelling, a series exploring how arts and science can join forces to spark understanding, hope and action.“

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“There is such a delicate way that Dungy articulates her narrative collage around the idea of love, of America, including an America that will impact her children, and all that might lie ahead; of the ties, and even the traumas, that bind people together, offering poems from a variety of sides and perspectives, coming together to form a coherent shape around how she understands and approaches her love, her America, from the best elements to the worst, and what all that requires and declares, demands and articulates.”

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Read Dr. Desmond Murray’s feature on “The Works of Camille T. Dungy” here!

“I’ve been a fan of Camille Dungy’s poetry and nonfiction for years. I fan-girl so hard and slid into her dm’s.

So when Camille answered my email and agreed to be interviewed, I was stunned.

She has been writing America, A Love Story for years, but in this current political and economic moment, it feels like she wrote it yesterday.

As Veronica Corpuz of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette writes, Camille ‘explores with unflinching honesty the nuances of love—familial, maternal, romantic, love of nature, and an abiding love for Black culture and people.’

This book will poke tiny holes in everything you love and believe.”

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