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Disturbance & Attunement: Welcoming Resurgence

Disturbance is rapid ecological change that stresses beings in particular habitats. Some leave, some die, and some engage in aliveness through resurgence, a process Donna Haraway and Anna Tsing correlate with multispecies worldmaking. With human activity continuing to drive disturbance, we'd do well to tune in to our potential affiliations: what others can we care about? What are their needs? How can we be allies in resurgence? Under the rows of wheat, the rangelands, the big boxes, and the plats for new housing developments, embryos of native prairie plants are sleeping in protective seeds. Where do we want to go with this? In this 2-hour workshop, a reading from the verdant and a discussion of the Template for Welcoming that rounds out the book will usher participants into reflection on their relation to disturbed habitats and an exploration of the arts of attunement.
 

 

Your Presenter

Linda Russo is a poet, writer, and student of ecospheric care. Her published works include Participant (Lost Roads), Meaning to Go to the Origin in Some Way (Shearsman), To Think of Her Writing Awash in Light (Subito), Mirth (Chax Press), and, as co-editor, Counter-Desecration: A Glossary for Writing Within the Anthropocene (Wesleyan University Press) and Geopoetics in Practice (Routledge). She lives on traditional Nimíipuu and Pelúuc homelands where she teaches at Washington State University and directs EcoartsonthePalouse.com.

 

A Celebration of Literature, Creativity, and Community. (Virtual, Sliding Scale-based Registration)

 

Join Middle Creek Publishing's Zoom Literary Workshop Series – a celebration of literature, creativity, and community. As we strive to nurture and promote the voices of today's writers, we're also embarking on an exciting transition to become an NTEE A33. Arts, Culture, and Humanities - Printing and Publishing nonprofit organization. This change will empower us to focus more on the quality of our work and extend our literary reach. Be part of this transformative journey by supporting our fundraising efforts. Your donation for this workshop/workshop series will not only support our work with the workshops, but help further our mission as well, helping us access new opportunities through grants and donations. Let's come together to write the next chapter in the story of Middle Creek Publishing.

 

Middle Creek Publishing will offer a literary workshop and reading showcasing the amazing authors of MCP and sharing more about our mission. This fundraising event is a sliding scale-based registration, so please pay what you can ($25.00 — $250). All proceeds will go to MCP featured readers and supporting our collective efforts as we move to nonprofit status.