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May 24, 2021May 24, 2021Xochitl Bentley

The Time Capsule Narrative

In Sharon Olds’ poem “Ode to Dirt,”  the speaker opens with an apology, explaining I thought you were only the background for the leading characters—the plants and animals and human animals. Thinking about parts of nature in isolation from other parts is an all too familiar tendency.  The act of overlooking the role of soil […]

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