Earthly Delights: History, Race, and Environmental Consciousness

Award-winning poet Camille T. Dungy, editor of the first anthology to bring African American environmental poetry to national attention, explores how gardening can be inseparable from questions of family, history, race, nation, and power in her new book SOIL: The Story of a Black Mother's Garden. Dungy will read and discuss the interconnections between literature, environmental action, history, and culture with Leah Thomas, author and founder of the non-profit Intersectional Environmentalist, a platform and resource hub that advocates, educates, and promotes inclusivity and accessibility within environmental education and movements.

This program is presented as part of the PEN America World Voices Festival.