On November 29, Emeritus Fellow Mary Swander was a guest on WGN Radio’s “The Opening Bell” with Steve Grzanich. The episode was titled “Moving Agriculture Forward Through The Arts” to reflect Swander’s work in bridging those fields.  Click here to listen to the interview. (Swander also recently spoke on the Female Farmer...
BEI Emeritus Fellow, Mary Swander recently appeared on the Female Farmers Podcast to discuss the intersection of art and agriculture. Swander, the Poetry Laureate of Iowa is often bridging these two worlds. Recently Swander had written a play about first generation farmers in America, and afterwards, she used this platform...
Brenda Peterson recently went on New Dimensions Radio to take part in a segment entitled “Wildness in a Modern Age – The Reintroduction of Wolves to the Landscape.” New Dimensions is an original and powerful forum for inspired and inspiring voices and views on a wide range of timely and timeless...
BEI Emeritus Fellow Brenda Peterson was recently interviewed by National Geographic in an article entitled “Why We’re So Divided Over Saving Wolves.” The Article highlights Peterson’s upbringing with hunters, and wildlife managers, those typically thought to be more against wolves, and explains how this upbringing shaped her perspective. Peterson calls the...
Patricia Spears Jones, poet, and BEI Senior Fellow is featured in a Huffington Post Article. Jones gives her acceptance speech in Patterson, NJ, focused on her rise from one of the Patterson Poetry Awards finalists in 2016, to the 2017 Jackson Poetry Prize recipient. The Jackson Poetry Prize, a $50,000...
Lauren Camp, writer, editor and BEI fellow, has a new poem featured in Asymptote Journal’s Spring Issue: Literature from Banned Nations. On the Asymptote podcast, hosted by Dominick Boyle, she reads her poem. She and Boyle discuss navigating the boundaries of life in America as a descendant of one of...