Science In Poetry/Poetry In Science
Physics, biology, astronomy, and poetry all strive to understand life’s mysteries, and both poetry and science are rooted in curiosity and investigation.
In this 90-minute program, Barbara Ungar, Sarah Giragosian, Margaret Greaves, and Jackie Craven will read selections from their new books and discuss the ways writers explore science through poetry. Book copies will be available for purchase.
For teens and adults ages 12 and up.
Barbara Ungar confronts the sixth extinction in her latest book, After Naming the Animals. Her prior book, Save Our Ship, addresses climate change, and won the Snyder Prize from Ashland Poetry Press. Other books include The Origin of the Milky Way, which won the Gival Poetry Prize, Immortal Medusa, and Charlotte Brontë, You Ruined My Life. Professor emerita from The College of St Rose, she lives in Saratoga Springs, New York. www.barbaraungar.net
Sarah Giragosian weaves together the dying of the earth with the sudden death of her mother in her new collection, Mother Octopus, which is a co-winner of the Halcyon Prize from Middle Creek Press. Prior books include Queer Fish, a winner of the American Poetry Journal Book Prize and The Death Spiral from Black Lawrence Press. Dr. Giragosian’s writing has appeared in such journals as Orion, Ecotone, Tin House, Pleiades and Prairie Schooner. She teaches at the University at Albany-SUNY. www.sarahgiragosian.wordpress.com
Maggie Greaves is associate professor of poetry and poetics at Skidmore College. She is both a scholar of poetry and a poet. Her scholarly book, Lyric Poetry and Space Exploration (Oxford University Press) uncovers surprising relationships between NASA and poetry. Her poems are also informed by questions of history and the mysterious universe. A native of Atlanta, GA, Dr. Greaves now lives in Greenfield, NY with her husband and two children. www.bit.ly/3XWlKkx
Jackie Craven toys with theories of time in WHISH, winner of the 2024 poetry award from Press 53. Other titles include Secret Formulas & Techniques of the Masters from Brick Road Poetry Press and chapbooks from Headmistress Press and Omnidawn. Her writing has appeared in journals such as AGNI, Alaska Quarterly Review, The Cincinnati Review, Pleiades, and Ploughshares. She earned her Doctor of Arts in Writing from University at Albany-SUNY and is a long-time Schenectady resident. www.JackieCraven.com.
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