First Draft - Camille Dungy

First Draft - Camille Dungy

From First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing by Mitzi Rapkin

April 6, 2026 · 60 min

About this episode

Camille T. Dungy discusses her works and contributions to poetry and environmental literature.

Camille T. Dungy is the author of America, A Love Story. She has also written the memoir Soil: The Story of a Black Mother’s Garden, the essay collection Guidebook to Relative Strangers, and four other collections of poetry, including Trophic Cascade, winner of the Colorado Book Award. Dungy edited Black Nature: Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry, the first anthology to bring African American environmental poetry to national attention. She also co-edited the From the Fishouse poetry anthology and served as assistant editor for Gathering Ground: Celebrating Cave Canem’s First Decade. Her work has appeared in Best American Poetry; 100 Best African American Poems; Best American Essays; The 1619 Project; All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis; and other publications. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Guest: Camille T. Dungy

Topics covered

  • writing
  • poetry
  • memoir
  • environmental literature
  • African American literature

Keywords

  • America, A Love Story
  • Soil: The Story of a Black Mother’s Garden
  • Guidebook to Relative Strangers
  • Trophic Cascade
  • Black Nature: Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: First Draft, America, A Love Story, Soil: The Story of a Black Mother’s Garden, Guidebook to Relative Strangers, Trophic Cascade, the Colorado Book Award, Black Nature: Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry, From the Fishouse, Gathering Ground: Celebrating Cave Canem’s First Decade, Best American Poetry

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