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SUMMARY:MoBot & SLPC Present: Kristin Emanuel & Amie Whittemore
DESCRIPTION:a collaboration with Missouri Botanical Garden\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin Missouri Botanical Garden and Saint Louis Poetry Center in celebrating the launch of the debut poetry collection by Kristin Emanuel\, who will be reading with Amie Whittemore. Copies of Birdwatching in the 4th Dimension and Nest of Matches will be available for purchase from the poets. All proceeds from Kristin’s book sales will benefit STAR – St. Louis Avian Rescue. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAfter the poetry reading\, guests are invited to tour Missouri Botanical Garden’s Peter H. Raven Library & Archives at the Bayer Center research institute. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRSVP is encouraged but not required. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE BOOKS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBirdwatching in the 4th Dimension  \n\n\n\nWith percussive alacrity Birdwatching in the 4th Dimension attunes us to the precarity and blinding wonder of life in ages past and present. Joy and mourning mingle in these startling poems\, mapped onto the fossil record and the humdrum calamities of the Anthropocene. In Emanuel’s poems\, the beat of a heard it enough to conjure crustaceans and crocuses\, megatheriea and mantises; it is enough to make them dance in the cosmic matrix of evolution\, death\, and rebirth. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNest of Matches  \n\n\n\nNest of Matches is a lavish declaration of the beauty of the natural world\, queer identity\, and of the imagination set free. Whittemore’s third collection explores the complexities of love—romantic\, familial\, and love for place—and wonders at cycles of life\, finding that: “Every habit / even love—strangest / of them all—offers exhaustion / and renewal.” Moving seamlessly from meditations on the moon’s phases to explorations of dream spaces to searches for meaning through patterns of love and loss\, Whittemore’s work embodies the mysteries of dichotomies—grief and joy\, consciousness and unconsciousness\, habit and spontaneity—and how they coexist to create our identities. Throughout the collection\, Whittemore reveals how interior nature manifests into exterior habits and how physical landscapes shape the psyche. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT STAR-ST. LOUIS AVIAN RESCUE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSTAR’s mission is to improve and enrich the lives of parrots through rescue\, rehabilitative fostering\, adoption and education. STAR is a foster-based organization. Birds who enter their adoption program are placed in foster homes\, with the eventual goal of placement in forever homes. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo learn more\, visit: https://staravian.org/ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKRISTIN EMANUEL holds an MFA in poetry from the University of Kansas where she studied eco-fabulism and the comics poetry movement. Her latest poems\, comics\, and essays have appeared in The Rumpus\, Ecotone\, and Blackbird\, with new work forthcoming in Poetry Northwest and Sugar House Review. You can find a list of her selected publications at: https://kristinemanuel.com/. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAMIE WHITTEMORE (she/her) is the author of four poetry collections\, most recently Nest of Matches (Autumn House Press). She was the 2020-2021 Poet Laureate of Murfreesboro\, Tennessee\, and an Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellow. Her poems have won multiple awards\, including a Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Prize\, and her writing has appeared in Blackbird\, Colorado Review\, Terrain.org\, Pleiades\, and elsewhere.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE PETER H. RAVEN LIBRARY\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMissouri Botanical Garden’s Peter H. Raven Library & Archives is globally recognized as one of the most comprehensive libraries of botanical literature in the world. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Library is vital to the Garden’s mission “to discover and share knowledge about plants and their environment\, in order to preserve and enrich life.” It serves as an invaluable and irreplaceable resource that supports the work of Garden scientists\, students\, and researchers from around the globe seeking to better understand\, identify\, classify\, and conserve plants. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFor more information\, visit the library’s website. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVENUE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEVENT ORGANIZERS
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/mobot-presents-june-2026/
LOCATION:Missouri Botanical Garden – Bayer Center\, 4500 Shaw Blvd.\, Saint Louis\, MO\, 63110\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Poetry Reading
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SUMMARY:Nature Speaks: Staying Rooted with Plant Poetry
DESCRIPTION:a collaboration with Missouri Botanical Garden\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn collaboration with Missouri Botanical Garden\, Nature Speaks presents Staying Rooted with Plant Poetry featuring a talk on reading and writing plant poetry by Kristin Emanuel\, followed by a generative poetry workshop throughout the Garden.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis experience takes place during Extended Evening Hours. All activities are included with Garden admission (free for Garden members).  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE WORKSHOP\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStaying Rooted with Plant Poetry  \n\n\n\nThis talk introduces a philosophy for reading and writing plant poetry that helps us stay rooted within the landscapes we inhabit\, in the present moment\, and in our relationships. Drawing inspiration from poets like Ada Limón\, Mary Oliver\, and Emily Dickinson\, we can use language to cultivate interconnectedness\, strengthening compassionate ties between our daily lives and the natural world. After the talk\, a generative writing workshop will take place throughout the garden. Attendees need not be experienced poets. They need only bring their creativity and curiosity! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRSVP is encouraged but not required. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSCHEDULE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5:30–6:00 p.m. – Staying Rooted with Plant Poetry presentation with Kristin Emanuel in Farr Auditorium \n\n\n\n6:00–8:00 p.m. – Attendees will walk through the Garden for a generative workshop\, visiting the following: \n\n\n\n\nClimatron\n\n\n\nArid House\n\n\n\nLinnean House\n\n\n\nJapanese Garden\n\n\n\nEnglish Woodland Garden\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE FACILITATOR\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKRISTIN EMANUEL holds an MFA in poetry from the University of Kansas where she studied eco-fabulism and the comics poetry movement. Her latest poems\, comics\, and essays have appeared in The Rumpus\, Ecotone\, and Blackbird\, with new work forthcoming in Poetry Northwest and Sugar House Review. You can find a list of her selected publications at: https://kristinemanuel.com/. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE SERIES\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMissouri Botanical Garden’s Nature Speaks series is a commitment to connect the community to nature through experiences\, providing opportunities to engage with nature through the written word\, artistic creations\, music\, movement\, and discovery—all designed with a focus on each person’s connection with the natural world. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVENUE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEVENT ORGANIZERS
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/nature-speaks-september-2025/
LOCATION:Missouri Botanical Garden\, 4344 Shaw Blvd\, Saint Louis\, MO\, 63110\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person Events,Lectures & Talks,Poetry Workshop
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