“The more I’ve learned to live in radical communion with the greater than human world, the more I’ve learned to accept that simultaneity of existence and experience.”
Read the interview here!
Camille Dungy
Camille’s 28 Recommended Collections for National Poetry Month for Orion Magazine
“In the waning days of National Poetry Month, Orion published our longest-ever list of recommendations to inspire your reading in the coming months. It has been a delight to curate these recommendations throughout the year, and while this will be our last monthly installment of Orion mini-reviews, Camille and her writer friends will continue sharing the books they love in quarterly poetry roundups in the future.”
Camille recently sat down with poet, friend, and Orion board member Major Jackson for a conversation
They “discuss their thoughts on literary stewardship, environmental writing’s complicated legacy, the sacred inner lives of Black children, small towns, urban parks, building community, talking to foxes, and connection to the natural world.”
Read the conversation here.
Camille interviewed on Commonplace Podcast!
“In our 97th episode, Camille Dungy looks back on two years of pandemic life and shares her end-of-year intentions and uneasy blessings. She discusses making decisions that resist inequality and her lifelong practice of listening to the Greater Than Human world—themes which recur throughout her many book projects.”
Listen here!
When the editor of Guernica Magazine asked for a mini-essay for their special issue on Dirt, Camille immediately knew she wanted to write about worms and love and breath
Read the essay here!
Camille featured in The New York Times’s “Black Gardeners Find Refuge in the Soil”
Read more here!
Camille’s poem “Benediction,” inspired by David Hammons’s sculpture, featured by MoMA
Benediction
—after David Hammons’s High Falutin’ (1990)
I wish you could smell it,
summer in the cities
where all these men were once
boys. Bless the bakeries.
Fifteen Poetry Recommendations for National Disability Employment Awareness Month
“<i>Orion</i>’s poetry editor Camille Dungy and friends are back with another suite of poetry recommendations we’re excited to share for October, National Disability Employment Awareness Month.”
Eleven Poetry Anthologies Handpicked for Orion Readers
“EACH MONTH, Orion’s poetry editor, Camille Dungy, and friends recommend poetry collections they think our readers might enjoy. This month we’re recommending a host of anthologies, and with them an opportunity to meet a diverse range of new and familiar poetic voices.”
Read more here!
Eleven Poetry Recommendations for Latinx and Hispanic Heritage Month
“EACH MONTH, Orion’s poetry editor, Camille Dungy, and friends recommend environmentally engaged poetry collections they think our readers might enjoy. This month we’re honoring Latinx and Hispanic Heritage Month with a fresh list of excellent recent collections from new and familiar poets. Take note and add some to your reading list!”
Read more here!