Derek Sheffield - January 11, 2024

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Terrain.org, Poetry Center

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Poetry Center
Terrain.org 25th Anniversary Reading: Derek Sheffield

As part of the Terrain.org 25th Anniversary reading, Derek Sheffield reads poems via Zoom on the connection between humans and the natural world, drawn from his collections Through the Second Skin (2013) and Not For Luck (2021). He also discusses and reads from two anthologies he co-edited, Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry (2023) and Dear America: Letters of Hope, Habitat, Defiance, and Democracy (2020). This reading was originally given alongside Julie Swarstad Johnson and Allison Adelle Hedge Coke.

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Welcome on behalf of the Poetry Center
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by Tyler Meier

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Welcome on behalf of Terrain.org
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by Simmons Buntin

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On the founding of Terrain.org
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by Simmons Buntin

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Introduction
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by Simmons Buntin

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Opening Remarks
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by Derek Sheffield

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"Darwin's Eyes"
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Sheffield, Derek. Through the Second Skin. Alexandria, VA: Orchises Press, 2013.

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"Contextual Education"
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Differs slightly from published version.

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Sheffield, Derek. Not For Luck. East Lansing: Wheelbarrow Books, 2021.

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"A Moment Ago"
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Sheffield, Derek. Not For Luck. East Lansing: Wheelbarrow Books, 2021.

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"The Bear"
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Read by Derek Sheffield.

Citation

Drake, Barbara. "The Bear." Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry. Edited by Elizabeth Bradfield, CMarie Fuhrman, and Derek Sheffield. Seattle: Mountaineers Books, 2023, p. 197.

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Remarks on Dear America: Letters of Hope, Habitat, Defiance, and Democracy
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"What You'd Want to Remember"
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Read by Derek Sheffield.

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Clark, Miriam Marty. "What You'd Want to Remember." Dear America: Letters of Hope, Habitat, Defiance, and Democracy. Edited by Simmons Buntin, Elizabeth Dodd, and Derek Sheffield. San Antonio: Trinity University Press, 2020, p. 163.

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