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Environmental Writing:
Narrating the Natural World

2-3:30pm ET, May 18, 2025

Next Chapter Books
16555 East Warren Avenue
Detroit, MI 48224

Our shared earth is rich with stories. In a generative workshop led by journalist and author Anna Clark, we’ll explore ways to chronicle it: personal testimony; poetic attention; asking the largest questions of climate change and environmental justice and much more. We’ll consider how writing about “the environment” and “the city” are not separate practices. We’ll spend a springtime Sunday in a cheerful bookstore, writing together, guided by prompts and exercises. We’ll playfully and thoughtfully explore our own relationship with nature.

This workshop is for all — anyone who takes inspiration from the living world. Come solo or bring a friend or family member for a creative afternoon. You’ll go home with newly written pages, a creative spark and a wealth of resources on environmental writing, including a robust reading list.

Early bird tickets are $55 until April 1. General admission is $65.

Sign up with a friend and get $10 off!