{"id":43860,"date":"2023-12-05T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=43860"},"modified":"2023-12-05T09:09:09","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T16:09:09","slug":"poetry-air-quality-nms-new-strategic-water-supply","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/poetry-air-quality-nms-new-strategic-water-supply\/","title":{"rendered":"Poetry, Air Quality, & NM\u2019s New Strategic Water Supply"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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For New Mexico Poet Laureate Lauren Camp, poetry is a way to \u201cbuild empathy.\u201d Last week Camp spoke with me about her new book and a project that brings \u201cepic poetry\u201d to communities across the state. She also talked about why poetry matters, especially during times of crisis, and read from her new book, Worn Smooth Between Devourings<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think of this book as very much a love letter to New Mexico….This has poems both about the wonder, the awe, of New Mexico, and witnessing. There\u2019s a lot of environmental attention here, a lot of attention to the biosphere, to the fires, to the intensifying heat, the drought.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n