Two miles into
the sky, the snow
builds a mountain
unto itself.
Some drifts can be
thirty feet high.
Picture a house.
Then bury it.
[…]
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Camille featured on the National Endowment for the Arts Podcast
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Camille’s poem “New Address” is featured on The Rumpus for National Poetry Month!
My name, Camille, means witness at the sacrifice.
What could I make of this when I was young? What sacrifice?
Coastal breeze and jacaranda trees when I was young.
When we moved, the hope of temperate weather was one sacrifice.
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Camille’s poem “Let Me” is featured in The New Yorker
Let me tell you, America, this one last thing.
I will never be finished dreaming about you.
Camille joins AmbasciataUSA to discuss Black Nature Poetry
Watch a video of the discussion between Camille and moderator Anthony A. Deaton here.
Visual Poetics: A Poetry Reading with Evie Shockley and Camille Dungy
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Camille featured in episode of Poetry from Studio 47
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Camille featured in an episode of Poet Kind Podcast
“I had a great chat with poet Camille Dungy about her new book, Trophic Cascade, and the role poets and other creatives can play in shaping society.”
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Camille’s Episode of Poetry Off the Shelf
Join Camille in her episode of Poetry Off the Shelf as she discusses “words, home, and motherhood in times of climate collapse.”
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Camille Participating in the Collective Trauma Summit 2020
“DURING THIS 10-DAY EVENT WE WILL EXPLORE:
- Discussions on the most pressing issues of our time such as racism, environment and climate change, global health care/pandemic crisis, war and conflict legacies, intergenerational trauma, and more…
- How collective trauma surfaces in times of crisis and how it can be transformed for collective healing
- The role of music, the arts, and poetry as a pathway to understanding and healing through Live performances and readings
- Experiential live events and guided group meditations
- The leading edge of working with collective trauma for practitioners and professionals”
Find more information and register here!