"Glorious": The Improbable Love Story of John Muir and Louie Wanda That Rocked the World--A Drama Musical from Muir Archives
John Muir was married? Yes, he was, and Louie Wanda will tell you all about it. In this 45-minute enactment, John Muir scholar and environmental poet Barbara Mossberg presents a version of her musical drama based on her archival research of John Muir and his wife Louie, and works as a poet to imagine their love story that she claims led to John Muir's literary and civic advocacy for wilderness preservation…
Maple Leaf and Eagle Conference, University of Helsinki, May 12-17, 2026
William Carlos Williams wrote that it is "difficult" to "get the news in despised poems, yet men die miserably every day for lack of what is found there" ("To Asphodel, That Green Flower"). Although this claim for the magnitude of poetry seems hyperbole, Williams was a physician whose job was to save lives. He wrote poetry on prescription pads as Rx for personal and civic survival and resilience…