LEWISTON — Jonathan Skinner, assistant professor of environmental studies at Bates College, will read his poetry and from “Ecopoetics,” the poetry journal he edits, on Thursday, Oct. 15.

Skinner is a published poet and also writes “ecocriticism” on contemporary poetry and poetics. These are essays that explore the role of aesthetics in intersections between nature and culture, and the role of language in our perceptions of the natural world.
He is interested in soundscape studies, including the art of bird song.

The reading will be at 11:30 a.m. in Chase Hall’s Skelton Lounge, 56 Campus Ave.