As the seasons shift from summer to fall, City of Asylum welcomes poets Aaron El Sabrout, imogen xtian smith, and Julian Talamantez Brolaski to the Alphabet Reading Garden for a poetry reading and exploration of ecologies. This expansive reading takes a note from Deseree Fontenot, cofounder of the Queer Eco Project, who defines ecology as “the study of the relationships of home and the knowledge of home.” These trans and nonbinary writers will embark on a poetic exploration of their own homes, with special attention to the intricacies of our ecosystems, formed by both the natural world and our more-than-human kin, as well as the people who make up our communities. It is a meditation on nature, and the ways in which one might turn to the natural world to cultivate one’s own wilderness and reimagine ways of being. Free tickets and registration: https://cityofasylum.org/program/litfest-2025-trans-nonbinary-ecopoetics-in-the-garden/
