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Ecopoetic encounters: manipulating linguistic voice to unsettle anthropocentric assumptions

On my daily dog walks and runs, I sometimes deliberately leave my
headphones behind, opting to be immersed in the sounds of nature
instead; as a result, I find myself noticing patterns and rhythms in the
world around me. By contrast, the sounds that I contribute to this
environment – particularly when running – seem irregular, unnatural, and too loud. There is a stark contrast between my feet – the scrape of a
shoe, an awkward step on the newly ploughed field – and the natural
world.
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EMC Magazine •

What can literature do in a crisis?

Listen to the news in 2023 and you will be bombarded by the word crisis. Last year, Collins Dictionary named ‘permacrisis’ (defined as “an extended period of insecurity and instability”) as its Word of the Year – a recognition of the upheaval and trauma caused by the intersection of recent events. Cultural crisis. Political crisis. Cost of living crisis. Energy crisis. The global crawl towards the climate crisis. We are living in an era in which crisis has become almost ubiquitous.

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