Beasts and Burden: The Ecopoetics of Miyazaki's Princess Mononoke

$75.00

Sat 3/14, Sun 3/15 1-4PM

At Shop Two Three

Instructor: Emily Okamoto-Green

Learn what ecopoetics is, how it has and currently shapes the Japanese literary landscape, and how to watch Hayao Miyazaki's eco-critique masterpiece, Princess Mononoke with an ecopoetic lens.

Emily Okamoto-Green is a half Japanese poet, essayist, educator, editor, and animal lover. Her life highlights include Arthur Sze once saying her poem had a sense of wonder, and any time a cat or dog has come up to her without her first initiating the interaction. She teaches literature and creative writing at the Visual Arts Center of Richmond, and you can find her latest work in the inaugural edition of The Oregon Hill Review.

Sat 3/14, Sun 3/15 1-4PM

At Shop Two Three

Instructor: Emily Okamoto-Green

Learn what ecopoetics is, how it has and currently shapes the Japanese literary landscape, and how to watch Hayao Miyazaki's eco-critique masterpiece, Princess Mononoke with an ecopoetic lens.

Emily Okamoto-Green is a half Japanese poet, essayist, educator, editor, and animal lover. Her life highlights include Arthur Sze once saying her poem had a sense of wonder, and any time a cat or dog has come up to her without her first initiating the interaction. She teaches literature and creative writing at the Visual Arts Center of Richmond, and you can find her latest work in the inaugural edition of The Oregon Hill Review.