Black Mountain Institute

Melissa Febos and Jamie Hood are two of the most astute essayists working today on the subject of trauma and embodiment.Melissa Febos and Jamie Hood are two of the most astute essayists working today on the subject of trauma and embodiment. For Febos, this has taken the form of memoirs like Abandon Me and The […]

Join BMI Shearing Fellow KB Brookins for an evening with George M. Johnson, author of All Boys Aren't Blue.Join BMI Shearing Fellow KB Brookins for an evening with George M. Johnson, author of All Boys Aren't Blue. Following a reading of Johnson's work, Brookins will lead a conversation with Johndon about the craft of writing […]

Join Niloufar Talebi and Maryam Ala Amjadi for a conversation on Ahmad Shamlou’s enduring legacy.Niloufar Talebi’s new book, a bilingual edition of Ahmad Shamlou, one of Iran’s most influential twentieth-century poets, showcases her skill and dedication as a translator and cultural worker. In Elegies of the Earth, published to mark the poet’s centennial, Talebi brings […]

Guests Lazarus Letcher, Erica Vital-Lazare, Claytee D. White, and host Saretta Morgan will reflect on their personal eco-histories.This conversation opens a space to celebrate the rich perspectives of Black artists, social change makers, and everyday folks who’ve deepened our capacities to feel, observe, and be present to natural worlds that are often weaponized against us […]