Victoria Chang on Poetry, Nature, and Her National Book Award-Finalist Tree of Knowledge
A Portland Tree’s Fall Ignites a National Book Award-Finalist Conversation Across the street from her home, a towering eucalyptus, “several school-buses tall,” was cut down. For poet Victoria Chang, watching the tree’s dismantling from her daughter’s bedroom sparked a profound melancholy. That singular, personal experience—the removal of a neighborhood landmark—became the unlikely genesis for her … Read more