Phoebe Giannisi’s eco-poetry challenges the idea that humans are separate from nature

By Laura Jansen, Associate Professor in Classics & Comparative Literature, University of Bristol

For decades, data has told the story of our ecological crisis. Scientists track carbon emissions, map deforestation and log biodiversity loss. Yet data alone cannot make humanity feel the reality of a changing planet. True impact hinges on a shift in language – a vocabulary that dissolves the border between the human and the living world.

Phoebe Giannisi embodies this shift. Poet, classicist, performer, architect and environmentalist, Giannisi has produced one of the most radical bodies of eco-poetry…

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