Here's a pleasant birthday surprise: Longreads listed the essay I recently published (my very first!) as part of their Top Five of the week! Thanks to @kristastevens.bsky.social for the write-up, and of course, @Kjyale at Orion Magazine for editing this piece. longreads.com/2022/03/11/the…

A classic new addition to my ever- expanding album, “Nickole Brown Looks at Animals”

Well, tomorrow I officially go off the grid for a ten-day, finish-yr-damn-poems retreat, but before I hit the road, this neighbor of mine decided to give me a little sendoff.

Well, if I ever did have a son and he was a goat, at least I now know what he’d look like.

Next Tuesday, y'all!

Gorgeous animal poem, nickolebrown and Jessica Jacobs this brought you to mind:

Ever try to back out your car when a horse isn’t quite ready to say goodbye? Well, I always thought it hard to leave when one of my dogs gave me the eyes, but Bud here is a sad-eyed pup weighing in a good 900 pounds more. Mercy. I about never got home from Shaman Hill tonight!

Looking forward to this reading tomorrow! 1:00 pm ET / 10:00 am PT. Register here: humansandnature.org/event/kinship-…

My mentor for more than twenty years now will be leading this revision course. Truly, it's not to be missed.

So looking forward to this on Friday!

Looking forward to this!

Even with acres and acres of green pasture all around, somehow that one unreachable leaf tastes best. (Yes, again, our animal cousins are not so different from us.) #Animal Haven of Asheville

Yes, what a fantastic gathering of voices. Just the kind of party I most want to be a part:

Thank you, @longleafwriters, for such a beautiful week and for gifting me with the best workshop/ coven/ community of brilliant poets I could imagine, one willing to explore the shadow and the light and all the tiny waystations in between.

@OrisonBook's mission of publishing spiritually engaged writing is close to my heart; if you're not familiar with them, I encourage you to check out their impressive catalogue and consider making a donation (with lots of great perks from signed books to manuscript consultations).

Don't miss this new book by Sara Moore Wagner. It's a good one, I tell you.

Insects that live in the water were my introduction to the wonders of invertebrates around the world. Mayflies are especially lovely, and they’re also indicators of the health of the water in which they live. washingtonpost.com/magazine/2022/…

Hope you'll come write with us this evening! It's free an open to the public.

So grateful for such a nourishing, loving, and inspiring retreat with BlackEarthInstitute this past week. I'm so filled with awe by these amazing scholars, artists, and activists doing such incredible justice and environmental-based work. My heart is hopeful.

Last night's adventures, gondola-style.