I just received my contributor copy of the Ghost Fishing: An Eco-Justice Poetry Anthology. WOWZERS! What a collection! I am so honoured to be included with my poem “Spawn” in this 460-page anthology edited by Melissa Tuckey, co-founder of Split This Rock.
Contributors are from around the world, as shown on contributor map below, and include Naomi Shihab Nye, Yusef Komunyakaa, Martín Espada, Simon J Ortiz, Sam Hamill, Dorianne Laux, Joy Harjo, Wang Ping, and many more.
Ghost Fishing is available from University of Georgia Press. Or from Amazon.
From the Introduction by Melissa Tuckey:
Eco-justice poetry is poetry born of deep cultural attachment to the land and poetry born of crisis. Aligned with environmental justice activism and thought, eco-justice poetry defines environment as “the place we work, live, play, and worship.” This is a shift from romantic notions of nature as a pristine wilderness outside of ourselves, toward recognizing the environment as home: a source of life, health, and livelihood. It is poetry at the intersection of culture, social justice, and the environment.
CONTRIBUTOR MAP:
That’s awesome! Congrats!
Thank you!
And I like your name, Solivagant! That describes me as well. 🙂
I feel like a wanderer, and a lonely one at that, so that’s how I decided on it. Thanks!