Speaking for Earth

Poetry Reading & Workshop with Hila Ratzabi

December 3 | 6 PM
Secret World Books | 1774 Second St.
Sliding Scale: $20 - $40

How can we express our concern, grief, and awe for this fragile planet that we call our home? Poetry can train us to listen deeply to the voices of the earth. Poet Hila Ratzabi will read from her award-winning debut book of poetry, There Are Still Woods, which is described as “a radiant appraisal of life at the precipice of climate crisis and a haunting elegy for all we stand to lose.” She will then offer a generative poetry workshop, where we will read and discuss environmental poems, engage in writing exercises, and share our drafts with the group. All are welcome – no writing experience necessary. Sliding scale of $20-$40...Please choose your amount in that range when you purchase your ticket.

Hila Ratzabi is the author of There Are Still Woods (June Road Press, 2022), winner of a gold Nautilus Book Award and finalist for a National Indie Excellence Award. Her poetry has been published in Narrative, Alaska Quarterly Review, The Adroit Journal, and other literary journals, and in The Bloomsbury Anthology of Contemporary Jewish American Poetry and Ghost Fishing: An Eco-Justice Poetry Anthology. Ratzabi regularly offers poetry readings and workshops and presents panels at writing conferences. She holds an MFA in Poetry from Sarah Lawrence College and lives in Oak Park