In this episode, we’ll hear from Sara Brickman, Artist in Residence at The Bloedel Reserve, in conversation with Holly Hughes. They’ll perform a reading of poems from their manuscript Little Houdini, and share poems from Field Guide – a series of poems that look at the body as a landscape, and discuss Sara’s relationship with The Bloedel Reserve.
Sara will talk about their writing process and experiences as a trans writer and survivor working with the natural world. They hope to engage community members by spotlighting how our bodies interact with ecosystems – both “natural (how we belong to land, our food system, our connection to plants, animals, and our ancestors) and unnatural (white supremacist and colonial systems of governance and control, the ecosystem of gender, intergenerational trauma and diaspora).” Through their work, Sara hopes to connect readers and listeners to their own embodied experiences with the natural world and the liberatory possibilities it contains.
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