Nature Matters ed. by Mona Arshi and Karen McCarthy Wolf Deborah Landau there would be imperfect perpetuation

there would be imperfect perpetuation and transmission of culture

the poems shape-shift through blank verse

she draws on history

friend or lover

singing in a patch of Norfolk reedbed of all the places we share

Nature Matters ed. by Mona Arshi and Karen McCarthy Wolf Deborah Landau there would be imperfect perpetuationThe rise of nature writing as a cultural phenomenon is nothing new. Yet it has stirred questions relating to whose voices are privileged and heard in a space predominantly occupied by Western European traditions and writers. In Nature Matters, poets Mona Arshi and Karen McCarthy Woolf seek to redress this imbalance. Their genre defining anthology considers nature poetry from its historical roots to more recent flourishings, presenting how Black and