“It's extremely important that, as writers, we give a voice to those who don't have voices, including the other animals that we share the planet with and the places that are endangered or being lost.” GivingImportantLostVoiceAnimalSharePlanetsIncluding Author:Alison Hawthorne Deming
“You see this incredible capacity for replication in nature, survival, development, all of these things that are around us all the time in nature that just happen. By comparison, human life is really, really complicated. We're gifted animals, but we are so complicated. Nothing is easy for us, except maybe eating too much.” HumansHappensLife IsEasyAnimalToo MuchDevelopmentEatingSurvivalCapacityIncrediblesComplicatedHuman LifeComparisonGiftedReplicationNothing Is Easy Author:Alison Hawthorne Deming
“I'm extremely interested in science as the mythos within which I live. Science tells me what kind of animal I am, what kind of a universe I live in. It's always deepening my understanding of the natural world.” WorldKindUniverseUnderstandingNaturalAnimalNatural World Author:Alison Hawthorne Deming
“As poets, we don't accept oppression; we are about a freedom of spirit, or whatever you want to call it. I think environmental concerns have to go to the deep place, so we speak from a place of great empathy for the planet - for the disadvantaged people, animals, places, cultures.” PeopleThinkingWantSpiritCultureSpeakAnimalAcceptingPlanetsPoetEmpathyConcernEnvironmentalOppressionDisadvantaged Author:Alison Hawthorne Deming
“I was attacked by two dogs when I was three and a half years old. I'm lucky to be alive. My face was stitched back together and here I still am, gratefully so. I believe that experience shocked me into a deep alliance with the animal world, its beauty and viciousness and terror.” WorldYearsBelieveStillsTwoTogetherFacesThreeI BelieveAnimalHalfAliveDogLuckyTerrorShockedAlliancesBack TogetherAnimal WorldHalf A YearTwo DogsLucky To Be Alive Author:Alison Hawthorne Deming
