February 22, 2022 - 7pm-8pm
Host: Kusum Irene Jain
Guest Poet: Maya Khosla
Guest Student Poet: Dee Jaehrling
Maya Khosla is a wildlife biologist, writer, filmmaker focusing on forest biodiversity. A member of the Sierra Club's Redwood Chapter, she served as Sonoma County Poet Laureate (2018-2020), bringing Sonoma’s communities together through poetry gatherings and field walks after the 2017 wildfires. Sonoma County Conservation Council (SCCC) selected her as one of the 2020 Environmentalists of the Year. Her poetry books include “All the Fires of Wind and Light” from Sixteen Rivers Press (2020 PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award), “Keel Bone” from Bear Star Press (Dorothy Brunsman Poetry Prize), and “Web of Water: Life in Redwood Creek”. Her writing has been featured in award-winning documentary films including “Village of Dust, City of Water,” about the water crises in rural India.
Links to Short Films:
Green Planet Films website page with a trailer of her first film: https://greenplanetfilms.org/products/searching-for-the-gold-spot
Firefighters United for Safety Ethics and Ecology Founder Tim Ingalsbee and his daughter Kelsey in Conversation: https://vimeo.com/498622488
Rejuvenation: a poem: https://www.mayakhosla.com/rejuvenation-poem
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