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September 2024

Battle of Kin
An Ecopoetry Collection




Battle of Kin is an ecopoetry book that speaks to the ecological degradation and injustices happening in our current timeline around the world. It explores the interconnections of nature and culture. Immersing readers in a dark and fantastical narrative through poetic expression and rich metaphor.




































 

Books that inspired this work:



References:


Aurora, A. (2024). What happened to the heart?. Faber Music and Decca Records.


Carroll, D. M. (1999). The swamp walker's journal: A wetlands year. Houghton Mifflin. 


Carson, Rachel. (2000). Silent spring. Penguin Modern Classics. London, England: Penguin Classics. 


Collis, S. (2016). Once in blockadia. Talonbooks.


Gore, A. (1992). Earth in the balance: Ecology and the human spirit. Houghton Mifflin. 


Isrealson, D. (1990). Silent earth: The politics of survival. Penguin Books Canada


Kimmerer, R. W. (2015). Braiding sweetgrass. Milkweed Editions.


Kimmerer, R. W. (2003). Gathering moss: a natural and cultural history of mosses. First edition. Oregon State University Press.


Krause, B., & Payne, R. (2016). Wild soundscapes : Discovering the voice of the natural world. Yale University Press. 


Macfarlane, R., & Morris, J. (2018). The lost words: a spell book. House of Anansi Press Inc.


Marya, R., & Patel, R. (2021). Inflamed: deep medicine and the anatomy of injustice. First edition. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 


Morton, T. (2016). Dark ecology: For a logic of future coexistence. Columbia University Press. 


Nezhukumatathil, A. (2020). World of wonders. Milkweed Editions.


Smith, E. G. M. (2010). Global capitalism in crisis. Fernwood Publishing. 


Vaughan-Lee, L. (2016). Spiritual ecology: the cry of the earth, a collection of essays. Second edition. The Golden Sufi Center.