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| Graphic from the homepage for the course "Human Nature and Human Diversity" at Rutgers University. |
The following text was included in a call for submissions sent out earlier this year for
our journal of nature poetry:
Hawk & Whippoorwill, whose theme is “man and nature,” is now reading submissions for our December issue. We invite you to submit yourselves, or, to share this call for submissions with other writers in your circle.
Originally published back in the 60s, H&W has been host to poets from all walks of life, and we hope to continue that tradition with the “new series” revival of the magazine ... We will gladly accept any unpublished poems which deal with our theme of man and nature. (Of course, we read “man” as “humanity” here, not as a gendered term. While we inherit the original tagline, we are definitely interested in challenging its restrictive implication!)
Among the replies we received to this solicitation, we got a particularly thought-provoking email from Barbara Ras. She wrote:
