June 21: Poetry in Our Garden
Date/Time
Date(s) - June 21, 2026
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location
Cot Pebble Cottage
Categories
Join us in an afternoon of poetry, music and nature! With poetry readings interwoven with original musical interpretations inspired by Karen’s poems.
Bio: A New England native with old New Hampshire farming roots, Karen Kilcup has been an educator for over forty years, teaching all over the northeastern U.S. as well as in England and Switzerland. The Elizabeth Rosenthal Excellence Professor of English, Environmental & Sustainability Studies, and Women’s & Gender Studies at UNC Greensboro, she has numerous academic publications. Her most recent books are Who Killed American Poetry?: From National Obsession to Elite Possession (University of Michigan Press, 2019), and Stronger, Truer, Bolder: American Children’s Writing, Nature, and the Environment (University of Georgia Press, 2021).