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The Sowell Family Collection in Literature Community & Nature @sowellcollection.bsky.social · Sep 19

We had a wonderful reading with @simmonsbuntin.bsky.social last night! Next up is @sgj.bsky.social on Oct 7 @5:30pm!
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#Fall2025VirtualReadingSeries #virtualreading #reading #writers #literature #community #nature #archives

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Simmons Buntin @simmonsbuntin.bsky.social · Sep 12

My thanks to ASLE for sharing Satellite. On that note, I'm reading from Satellite on September 18th online with the Sowell Collection. Check my website at simmonsbuntin.com/events for details!

Association for the Study of Literature and Environment @asle-us.bsky.social · Sep 11

New book from our Member Bookshelf:

Satellite: Essays on Fatherhood and Home, Near and Far
By Simmons Buntin. Trinity University Press, 2025.

www.asle.org/stay-informe...

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Simmons Buntin @simmonsbuntin.bsky.social · Sep 12

Thanks for sharing! 😃

Simmons Buntin @simmonsbuntin.bsky.social · Aug 28

Colorado friends, please join me at an upcoming reading next week!

Sept. 2, @ Analogue Books in Pueblo w/ Juan Morales
Sept. 3, @ Crystal Springs Brewing Co. in Louisville
Sept. 5 @ CU Denver College of Architecture and Planning

See all events at simmonsbuntin.com/events

Hope to see you there!

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JoeAnn Hart @joeannhart.bsky.social · Aug 11

Essays of the earth and how to love it.

Simmons Buntin @simmonsbuntin.bsky.social · Aug 10

My gratitude to @joeannhart.bsky.social for this kind review of Satellite:

ecolitbooks.com/2025/08/06/s...

Satellite: Essays of Fatherhood and Home, Near and Far by Simmons Buntin : EcoLit Books

Terra Firma Books, Trinity University Press, 2025 This fine collection of essays by Simmons Buntin, Satellite: Essays of Fatherhood and Home, Near and Far, leads with lizards. “They are tidy, ... Read...

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Simmons Buntin @simmonsbuntin.bsky.social · Aug 10

My gratitude to @joeannhart.bsky.social for this kind review of Satellite:

ecolitbooks.com/2025/08/06/s...

Satellite: Essays of Fatherhood and Home, Near and Far by Simmons Buntin : EcoLit Books

Terra Firma Books, Trinity University Press, 2025 This fine collection of essays by Simmons Buntin, Satellite: Essays of Fatherhood and Home, Near and Far, leads with lizards. “They are tidy, ... Read...

ecolitbooks.com

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Simmons Buntin @simmonsbuntin.bsky.social · Jun 20

Hope you’re having a vibrant summer solstice!

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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · Jun 15

When cruelty is seen as patriotic, compassion is seen as treasonous.

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Terrain.org @terrainorg.bsky.social · Jun 4

"Stopver," on Sandhill cranes, fatherhood, migration, and joy, is one of 16 essays appearing in Simmons Buntin's new book, Satellite.

https://www.terrain.org/2025/nonfiction/stopover/

#essay #nonfiction #cranes #fatherhood #daughters #joy #family

Stopover - Terrain.org

“Stopver,” on Sandhill cranes, fatherhood, migration, and joy, is one of 16 essays appearing in Simmons Buntin’s new book, Satellite.

www.terrain.org

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Simmons Buntin @simmonsbuntin.bsky.social · Jun 11

Strawberry Moon, with hummingbird wind chime.

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Simmons Buntin @simmonsbuntin.bsky.social · Jun 9

Friends, I've got a new post up on my substack--been a minute!

open.substack.com/pub/urbanwil...

Stopovers and Returns

Wings in the Sky, Roots in the Ground, a Father in Between

open.substack.com

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Simmons Buntin @simmonsbuntin.bsky.social · May 18

Thanks! We are delighted to be back in Civano.

Simmons Buntin @simmonsbuntin.bsky.social · May 15

All I’m saying is that the signs from our alien overlords are everywhere, if you just look… 👽

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Simmons Buntin @simmonsbuntin.bsky.social · May 10

A study in front porches, or, 4 ways of welcoming your neighbor.

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Simmons Buntin @simmonsbuntin.bsky.social · May 8

Lovely.

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Simmons Buntin @simmonsbuntin.bsky.social · May 8

I am pretty sure this new view of ours will never get old.

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Simmons Buntin @simmonsbuntin.bsky.social · May 4

Lovely. ♥️

Simmons Buntin @simmonsbuntin.bsky.social · May 4

A little evening drama to the north.

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Simmons Buntin @simmonsbuntin.bsky.social · May 3

Show-off.

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Simmons Buntin @simmonsbuntin.bsky.social · May 2

Stepping out into the backyard and looking up while the ocotillo still blooms.

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Simmons Buntin @simmonsbuntin.bsky.social · Apr 30

It’s kind of an embarrassment of floral riches around here right now. Gratitude. 💛💚💜

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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · Apr 30

America is not a Christian nation.

America is a nation where the rich and powerful have reduced Christianity to just another tool to exploit for their own interests at the expense of the very people Jesus called us to serve: the poor, the hungry, the sick, the stranger, and the oppressed.

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James Macdonald Lockhart @jmlockhart.bsky.social · Apr 25

Lovely to see this finished copy of @julianhoffman.bsky.social 's very special book, Lifelines - published by @eandtbooks.bsky.social on 15th May.

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Simmons Buntin @simmonsbuntin.bsky.social · Apr 22

From a threatened urban shrine to the isolation of suburbs, what happens when communities are cast away? Read this excerpt of Satellite, from the essay "The Castaway," to find out!

nextcity.org/features/a-s...

A Sinner’s Shrine and the Sacred City

From a threatened urban shrine to the isolation of suburbs, what happens when communities are cast away?

nextcity.org

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Simmons Buntin @simmonsbuntin.bsky.social · Apr 22

Important reading for Earth Day, and everyday, from literary journals near and far:

www.clmp.org/news/a-readi...

A Reading List for Earth Day 2025 - Community of Literary Magazines and Presses

This reading list of poems, essays, and stories published by CLMP member magazines includes writing about nature, the climate crisis, and more. Essays “From the Oldest Forest in Montana” by Rick B...

www.clmp.org

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