ECOPOETICS

As someone who has lived in wilderness solitude 
and also written poetry of ecological commitment,
both traditional and experimental,
I can bring a unique voice to discussions of ecopoetics.

poet. writer. guide.
Sam Taylor is the author of three book of poems, Body of the World, Nude Descending an Empire, and The Book of Fools. His poems have appeared in such journals as The New Republic, AGNI, Orion Magazine, Poetry Daily, and The Kenyon Review. A native of Miami, he has been a wilderness caretaker in the mountains of northern New Mexico and traveled around the world with the Amy Lowell Poetry Traveling Scholarship. He currently tends a wild garden in Kansas, where he directs the MFA Program at Wichita State.

poet. writer. guide.
Sam Taylor is the author of three book of poems, Body of the World, Nude Descending an Empire, and The Book of Fools. His poems have appeared in such journals as The New Republic, AGNI, Orion Magazine, Poetry Daily, and The Kenyon Review. A native of Miami, he has been a wilderness caretaker in the mountains of northern New Mexico and traveled around the world with the Amy Lowell Poetry Traveling Scholarship. He currently tends a wild garden in Kansas, where he directs the MFA Program at Wichita State.

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Suggested Interview Questions
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Feature Article
​Press Release for The Book of Fools
​One Sheet for The Book of Fools
Cover JPG of The Book of Fools (White)
Cover JPG of The Book of Fools (Rose)
Cover JPG of Nude Descending an Empire
​Cover JPG of Body of the World 

Sam traveled around the world
on the Amy Lowell Poetry Traveling Scholarship,
​visiting eighteen countries on four continents.


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​Sam Taylor is the author of three books of poems, including Nude Descending an Empire (Pitt Poetry Series), Body of the World (Ausable Press, now available from Copper Canyon), and The Book of Fools: An Essay in Memoir and Verse ​(Negative Capability Press). A native of Miami and a former caretaker of a wilderness refuge in New Mexico, he currently tends a wild garden in Kansas, where he is an Associate Professor and the Director of the MFA Program at Wichita State University. His work has been recognized with the Amy Lowell Poetry Traveling Scholarship, among other awards, and his poems have appeared in such journals as The Kenyon Review, AGNI, and The New Republic.