Feathers, Gills, & Roots: Storytelling from the Non-Human Realm

Rachel Pittman, winner of the Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow 2022 Moon Dancer fellowship, will facilitate a workshop at the Berryville, Arkansas, Community Center. She will be in Eureka Springs for her writing residency. WCDH fellowships require a community outreach project. Pittman's workshop, Feathers, Gills & Roots invites students to read a selected list of poetry and prose pieces that engage with the natural world, alternating reading and writing activities. It will be held on Thursday, August 4, 2022, 9:30 – 11:30 am.

The Workshop will introduce children and young writers to poetic forms and nature writing. Encouraging the students to think about the world around them and how non-human living things have stories to tell, inviting the participants to ponder their place and perspective in relation to the natural world.

Rachel Pittman is a writer and bird watcher from southwest Georgia. She holds a dual degree in Writing and…