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Camille T. Dungy

Camille T. Dungy: Poet, Author, Scholar

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Read Camille’s interview about SOIL published with The Rumpus

Camille T. Dungy Posted on May 1, 2023 by Camille DungyMay 1, 2023

“At one point in the book, Dungy addresses questions about Soil’s content: “But what’s with all this history? This book is supposed to be about my garden. And it is.”Dungy describes the book as a bit like a compass rose: resembling a sun with rays shooting off, and covering a lot of ground. “I wanted the experience of reading the book almost to not feel linear, to feel circular and radiating in the way that I think. That’s how I experience life.”

Author of nine books of poetry, Dungy and I spoke on the phone to discuss writing cross-genre, the importance of bringing your people onto the page, and planting seeds but being open to surprise.”

More here!

Listen to Camille chat about SOIL on NPR’s All Things Considered

Camille T. Dungy Posted on May 1, 2023 by Camille DungyMay 1, 2023

Listen here!

SOIL is one of Washington Post’s “10 noteworthy books for May”!

Camille T. Dungy Posted on May 1, 2023 by Camille DungyMay 1, 2023

Check out the other amazing books here!

BookPage has released a review of SOIL!

Camille T. Dungy Posted on April 27, 2023 by Camille DungyApril 27, 2023

“In her radical and vibrant memoir, Camille Dungy plants poems next to critical analysis next to environmental history next to African American history.”

Read the review here!

Camille has a new article in the Washington Post

Camille T. Dungy Posted on April 14, 2023 by Camille DungyApril 14, 2023

Read “Last year’s sunflowers save this year’s garden” here!

Camille answers the Orion questionnaire.

Camille T. Dungy Posted on March 29, 2023 by Camille DungyMarch 29, 2023

In which [the magazine gets] to know [their] favorite writers better by exploring the sacred and mundane. Read the conversation here!

SOIL has been reviewed by Publisher’s Weekly!

Camille T. Dungy Posted on March 29, 2023 by Camille DungyMarch 29, 2023

“Fans of Dungy’s poetry will delight in her sparkling prose, and the wide-ranging meditations highlight the connections between land, freedom, and race. It’s a lyrical and pensive take on what it means to put down roots.”

Check it out!

Camille’s work is featured on the Breaking Form podcast!

Camille T. Dungy Posted on February 24, 2023 by Camille DungyFebruary 24, 2023

Podcast hosts James Allen Hall and Aaron Smith and guest poet Diane Seuss read and discusses poems by Camille Dungy, Richard Siken and Whitman. Listen here!

The audio book of the 1619 Project is up for an Audie Award!

Camille T. Dungy Posted on February 24, 2023 by Camille DungyFebruary 24, 2023

Camille is one of the many narrators for her poem “On Brevity” about the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham. More here!

The Atlantic published Camille’s essay today!

Camille T. Dungy Posted on January 27, 2023 by Camille DungyJanuary 27, 2023

“The idea that Black people can write out of a personal relationship to nature and have done so since before this nation’s founding comes to many as a shock.” Read more here.

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