Black and white star chart with a spiral pattern of stars.

Black and white star chart with a spiral pattern of stars.

PUBLICATIONS & PERFORMANCES

Black and white illustration of the moon with a detailed surface, depicted as a human skull, behind Earth and stars in space.

Images showing different phases of the moon from full moon to new moon.

Diagram with overlapping circles labeled Winnecke, Tempel 1, Obit of Jupiter, Tempel 2, Encke, Brorsen, Biela, Faye, and Tempe Swift, radiating from a central star symbol.

Diagram of the solar system showing planets MARS, MERCURY, JUPITER, THE EARTH, VENUS, SATURN, URANUS, and NEPTUNE, with labels and descriptions for each planet.

Diagram of the solar system showing planets MARS, MERCURY, JUPITER, THE EARTH, VENUS, SATURN, URANUS, and NEPTUNE, with labels and descriptions for each planet.

Black and white illustration of a starry sky with multiple moons, stars, and concentric rings resembling a planetary or cosmic scene.

Black and white illustration of a starry sky with multiple moons, stars, and concentric rings resembling a planetary or cosmic scene.

INTERVIEW SERIES

Kirwyn Sutherland

FROM "TRADING RIFTS TO SLAY MONSTERS"

Night sky showing falling stars or meteor shower with silhouettes of trees at the bottom.

We have forgotten how to listen

to planetary clues—water blooms

with algae, or, you’re forgetting, Mercury

in the horizon is first to carry news.

I sit here, thinking like a poet, asking,

Why is there water & oil under earth,

& does nature always have a reason?

— Yusef Komunyakaa