Write On is pleased to sponsor with Crossroads at Big Creek, Door County Library, and Door County Pulse, a discussion with Dan Egan about his new book The Devil’s Element: Phosphorus and a World Out of Balance. Dan Egan, author of The Death and Life of the Great Lakes, will be at Crossroads at Big…

An intergenerational program for parents/children, grandparents/grandchildren, aunts/uncles/nieces/nephews! The inagural Lorine Niedecker Fellow, Lauren K. Carlson, will present an interactive poetry workshop on mindfulness, poetic form, and observing the natural world. All ages are welcome and family groups are encouraged. Using regional poet Lorine Niedecker’s work as an example, participants will: 1) receive a presentation on…

Let’s take a tip from Mary Oliver and bring our pens and notebooks on a nature walk! We will share some nature poetry (bring a favorite poem along with you!) and take a walk through the natural beauty of Write On’s property. We’ll then do some writing and have a discussion on the subject of…

Door County author Virginia Maher celebrates the release of her latest book, The Forest, with a reading and reception. The forest for Maher is beautiful as a whole, but also in its individual parts. The first section of her book explains Door County's geology, tree anatomy, and forest processes. Stunning photographs taken by the author…

Get started writing by reconnecting with nature in this three-part class FINDING THE MOTHER TREE: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest with Michael Brecke "We abuse land because we see it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with…

Find new ways of interacting with well-known natural objects Translating Nature: An Ecopoetic and Print-Making Workshop with Sarah Nance, Nancy Aten, and Dan Collins Ecopoet Sarah Nance will lead a discussion of ecopoetics using examples from early and contemporary American poets. Participants will practice their own version of ecopoetry by interacting in new ways with…

WRITING AND THE NATURAL WORLD with Elise Gregory Young writers ages 8 – 11 will explore writing fiction and poetry in the natural world during two 60-minute sessions. The first day, writers will learn how to use sensory details to describe an object and then use that object to leap into imaginary, verbal play. Students…