Join The Muse Writers Center for a reading by Kindra McDonald from her new poetry collection, Teaching a Wild Thing. After the reading, there will be a Q&A and book signing. This event will be held in person at The Muse and copies of the book will be available for purchase.  See the Muse’s current Covid-19 policies.

“Does it sometimes feel like we’re walking in the museum of our future demise? A world burning or flooding, skies raging with storms; our days, rooms lined with the teeth, tusks, and plumage of creatures who like us are trying to make their way. Against this, how could a leaf be made more tender? Kindra McDonald is not the kind of poet who offers platitudes. But these poems give us everything, flawed or glistening—all kinds of wild things who live and die or are brought back from the brink. Read these poems like you’d pick figs in summer: for the reverse blossom, and the gardens inside each one.”

—Luisa A. Igloria, author of Maps for Migrants and Ghosts; Poet Laureate of Virginia, Emerita

About the book:

Teaching a Wild Thing is a journey through healing and exploration of the intersection of the human and natural world amidst disaster and darkness while always looking for hope and beauty in the wildness of the landscape, be it urban or woods.

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Please note: This class or event is in-person and will be held at our center.