Poet. Teacher. Survivor. Maker of skillet cornbread. Goat wrangler, turtle nurse, goose tamer—fighting for what's left of our breathing, living green.
Asheville, NC
Joined December 2008
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Over the moon to have my first essay published in my all-time favorite journal!
"Survival has to do with remembering what you most do not want to face. It has to do with not turning away, in believing your own testimony, in writing it down," said Nickole Brown (@nickolebrown) in her essay "On Memory and Survival."
#butterfly
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So grateful for such a nourishing, loving, and inspiring retreat with @BlackEarthInst this past week. I'm so filled with awe by these amazing scholars, artists, and activists doing such incredible justice and environmental-based work. My heart is hopeful.
ALT A group of 18 people standing and kneeling beneath a large tree. Our faces are dappled with sunlight filtered through leaves and our smiles are large.
Hope you'll come write with us this evening! It's free an open to the public.
This Monday night, @nickolebrown & I are offering a free generative session: "Written in the Book of Life: On Finding Forgiveness."
It's a low-pressure gathering, with a lovely community of writers, and poems and prompts to get you writing.
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Insects that live in the water were my introduction to the wonders of invertebrates around the world. Mayflies are especially lovely, and they’re also indicators of the health of the water in which they live. washingtonpost.com/magazine/…
Don't miss this new book by @SaraMooreWagne1. It's a good one, I tell you.
Y’all, this blurb for my forthcoming book (preorder!!) Hillbilly Madonna from a poet I absolutely IDOLIZE (@nickolebrown ) is a poem in itself, and I want a print of it to hang on my wall 😭😭😭
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@OrisonBook's mission of publishing spiritually engaged writing is close to my heart; if you're not familiar with them, I encourage you to check out their impressive catalogue and consider making a donation (with lots of great perks from signed books to manuscript consultations).
Friends, @OrisonBooks has launched an Indiegogo fundraising campaign! Our goal is $5,000. On the Indiegogo page you'll find lots of great donor perks, and more will be added soon! igg.me/at/orison-books
#indiegogo #fundraiser #nonprofit #publishing
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Thank you, @longleafwriters, for such a beautiful week and for gifting me with the best workshop/ coven/ community of brilliant poets I could imagine, one willing to explore the shadow and the light and all the tiny waystations in between.
Even with acres and acres of green pasture all around, somehow that one unreachable leaf tastes best. (Yes, again, our animal cousins are not so different from us.) #Animal Haven of Asheville
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Looking forward to this!
I am SO excited to chat all things poetry with the superb @nickolebrown & @jessicalgjacobs on May 4th at 7pm Ireland time. As always the event is free & all you have to do is email jacarpress@gmail.com for the Zoom link😍 @jacarpress
ALT Image of 3 people: Nickole Brown, Jessica Jacobs & Molly Twomey and text that says "JUST TO SAY Just to Say is an internationally-focused discussion hour with poets globally that takes place the first Wednesday of each month. Hosted by Molly Twomey. Sponsored by Jacar Press. May 4, 2022, 7pm Ireland time, 2pm East Coast time, 1pm Central Daylight time, 11am Pacific time, 9pm Arabia Standard Time. Free. Email jacarpress@gmail.con for Zoom link.
So looking forward to this on Friday!
Don't miss this amazing live poetry workshop with authors @nickolebrown & @jessicalgjacobs this Friday, April 22 at 1:45 PM! Join with your students and bring their questions, or be sure to watch the replay! ✍️
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My mentor for more than twenty years now will be leading this revision course. Truly, it's not to be missed.
If you're looking for new ways into your poems, this August Laure-Anne Bosselaar will offer WAIT, WAIT! LET ME REPHRASE THIS—an online course to systematically strengthen your revision skills, helping you see the opportunities for powerful change.
bit.ly/3jAO4Ea
Looking forward to this reading tomorrow! 1:00 pm ET / 10:00 am PT. Register here: humansandnature.org/event/ki…
Don't miss our fifth (and final!) Kinship Book Club tomorrow, April 13! We'll be discussing "Practice," Volume 5 of our book series Kinship: Belonging in a World of Relations.
Register & more details here: ptreyesbooks.com/event/kinsh…
ALT Cover of volume 5, Practice, of Kinship: Belonging in a World of Relations. Teal background with beige text reading "Vol. 05: Practice, Edited by Gavin Van Horn, Robin Wall Kimmerer, and John Hausdoerffer." An image of a blue hand reaches toward a stylized circular planet with a tree, a seedling, and stars around the edges.
Ever try to back out your car when a horse isn’t quite ready to say goodbye? Well, I always thought it hard to leave when one of my dogs gave me the eyes, but Bud here is a sad-eyed pup weighing in a good 900 pounds more. Mercy. I about never got home from Shaman Hill tonight!
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Gorgeous animal poem, @nickolebrown and @jessicalgjacobs this brought you to mind: – at San Diego, CA
Next Tuesday, y'all!
Next Tuesday, 4/5, join @nickolebrown & me for the free generative writing session "Calling Across the Divide."
We'll look at epistolary poems & apostrophes (poems to things & people who can't answer back), w/ poems by @MatthewOlzmann & Yusef Komunyakaa.
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A classic new addition to my ever- expanding album, “Nickole Brown Looks at Animals”
Here's a pleasant birthday surprise: @Longreads listed the essay I recently published (my very first!) as part of their Top Five of the week! Thanks to @kristastevens for the write-up, and of course, @Kjyale at @Orion_Magazine for editing this piece. longreads.com/2022/03/11/the…
