The Learned Pig

Art – Thinking – Nature – Writing

Tag: writing

  • From A Queer Ornithology

    From A Queer Ornithology

    For those who delight more in the seed of things, I can say that these poems investigate queer, genderfluid indigeneity, and interspecies-relational philosophy through deep observation of wild birds.

  • Border Dreams

    Border Dreams

    I never dream about maps. I used to draw them for a living. I have dreams about every other passion. It occurs to me that to dream about maps might be almost impossible – like dreaming about dreaming. Mapping is its own activity, its own universe, separate from the rest of the living. One is…

  • Museum: Ursus americanus

    Museum: Ursus americanus

    On birches, bears, and the birth of farm animals: three new poems by Todd Davis.

  • A Place Older than People

    A Place Older than People

    New poetry of rocks and pigeons by Anne Haven McDonnell with accompanying work by artist Deborah Westmancoat.

  • The Lightning Way

    The Lightning Way

    I would often sit with my grandfather outside on the porch, watching the cloudbursts roll in from the horizon. They would come in thick, dark inky blue clouds heavy with rain over the top of Cochiti mesa; constantly churning and building with energy, as if they sensed the ancient presence of our old village. Grandpa…

  • A Voice Leads through Space

    A Voice Leads through Space

    The narrow lane from Llanrhaeadr to the waterfall. The slopes of Glan Hafon one side, Moel Hen Fache the other.

  • Editorial: Root Mapping

    Editorial: Root Mapping

      There is no map to the place we are going. We will be lost for a good, long time. — Eva Saulitis, Becoming Earth (2016)     Between Vermont’s Green Mountains and river valleys, an estimated 1,500 migrant farmworkers milk the cows and run machinery that help keep the state’s landscape open and its…

  • Announcing…

    Announcing…

    The Learned Pig is changing. Since launching in November 2013, The Learned Pig has taken an instinctive approach to editorial. We have published what feels right to us and we have published as often as we can. We are very proud of the work we have done so far and the brilliant people we have…

  • Open call: Root Mapping

    Open call: Root Mapping

      *** Root Mapping is currently closed for submissions. We will reopen again soon. You can sign up to our newsletter for updates. ***     There is no map to the place we are going. We will be lost for a good, long time. — Eva Saulitis, Becoming Earth (2016)   Between Vermont’s Green…

  • Open call: Rhythm

    Open call: Rhythm

      *** Rhythm is currently closed for submissions. We will reopen again soon. You can sign up to our newsletter for updates. ***   From the impact of clocks on notions of time, to the effects of computers, trains and planes on experiences of modern life, rhythm – in various forms and ways – determines,…

  • Join The Learned Pig!

    Join The Learned Pig!

    The Learned Pig is looking for two new section editors to take a lead as we expand and adapt our editorial offering over the course of 2019. Each new section editor will take charge of one editorial thread and help to shape its direction. Currently these are art, thinking, nature, writing, but we will be…