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If you prefer your poetry dose on Instagram, cross-posting now @ThePoetryRX (with a different daily lineup!)

Working with weevils. Thanks to Adilla Razali - research technician in Claude Desplan’s lab at NYU Abu Dhabi CGSB - for walking me through the lab’s work on gene manipulation in the Rhynchophorus ferrugineus. The weevil is invasive to the UAE, causing considerable damage to the date palm

Working with scientists at NYU Abu Dhabi’s Center for Genomics & Systems Biology to make music out of genomes. Dareen Almojil دارين المعجل.

Tomorrow, I'm hosting the brilliant poet & critic Declan Ryan in CWC for a 2-hour session on writing epistolary poems. We'll discuss poems as letters (or letters as poems), poems a “an eavesdropping upon.” There are 10 spots for non-members. Hope to see you tomorrow!

Anthos, an immersive, interactive sound and light installation that highlights the importance of pollinators and the anthropogenic effect. Artists: Yiannis Kranidiotis, Sam Nester, Giovanni Paolo Randazzo Scientists: Alba Bernini, Ana Montero Castaño, Irene Guerrero Fernandez

Bi-weekly Office Hours in CWC 💛 (Link in bio)

As someone who is easily overwhelmed by platforms, this CWC feedback is validating. I wanted to create an online space that felt intuitive for writers to navigate (& I created a “how-to” guide for introverts using the CWC platform!). We’re reached capacity for June in just under

✨TODAY from 1-2:30 EST: on the poems of John Burnside. We'll be looking at HOW to write on the ineffable & the residual through his masterpiece "The Fair Chase" + a small selection of other poems. $39 live! ($50 replay)✨ mayacpopa.com/onlineclasses/…

In August, I'm teaching a 4-week course on Anne Carson over Zoom (Sundays 4-6 pm EST). It will be a deep dive into formal hybridity/how she bridges the ancient & the avant-garde. We'll read 4 books by Carson & puzzle through her brilliance together. ✨ mayacpopa.com/onlineclasses/…

Brilliance Pádraig Ó Tuama will be visiting Conscious Writers Collective next weekend. ✨✨✨ If you’d like to attend his craft talk, we have 10 spots for non-CWC members: mayacpopa.com/onlineclasses/…

Vote For Nature! Jane Goodall asks us to elect leaders who are committed to protecting the natural world.

Sam Nester, trumpet player, composer, and sound artist at The Juilliard School and NYU Abu Dhabi, presented the session The Sound of Science at #XPANSE, hosted by ADQ

At Xpanse in Abu Dhabi last week. Talking about music, genomes, coral reefs, the sound of ocean plastic, and a future where we reevaluate our relationship to each other and the natural world. #xpanse

Opening tomorrow - my site-specific light installation and live musical score for the 87,500-square-foot cistern in Houston, TX. buffalobayou.org/event/undergro…

My site-specific light installation and live musical score for the 87,500-square-foot cistern in Houston. 2.2 million light changes occurred over the course of the piece - representing the approx 2.2 million people in the US that don’t have access to drinking water in their homes

6 Projects You Should Know About! The Monthly Cube Our collective of leaders in tech, science, policy, investment, and culture comes from various MATTER initiatives, forums, and programs... together forming the MATTERSPHERE. What MATTERSPHERE members have been up to this month:

Thanks TEDxNYU for having me share thoughts on becoming the most actualized versions of ourselves, armed with the knowledge and skills of our disciplines, but willing to apply them in unexpected ways. It’s a mistake to believe that expertise has to come at the cost of curiosity.

Speaking at XPANSE - the global forum for visioning the future. Talking about a world where we reevaluate our relationship to each other and the natural world. #xpanse