Poetry International Opening Night: Festival Summit

What role can poetry play in addressing the climate crisis? Five leading ecopoets gather to share work and discuss the questions facing their craft.

CAConrad, John Kinsella, Jorie Graham, Olive Senior and Yang Lian come together for a vital conversation to crown the first night of Poetry International, and start as we mean to go on.

They examine quandaries like: does poetry have an intimate and direct relationship with specific environments? Can poets provide the language needed to illuminate the world around us? And what practical actions do poets-as-activists make?

There is also some time set aside for you to ask the poets your own questions.