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Into a Darker Wilderness @intoadarkerwilderness.com · 19/09/2026

Episode 6: Into Inheritance with Carolyn Finney *Prompt for Writing and/or Living* What are the rules you imagine in a place that you’ve spent time in, that you’ve visited, but most importantly, in a place that you’ve loved? Episode 6 now available wherever you get your podcasts!

Photograph of an angel statue, facing away, in a forest meadow; to one side, two figures confer. Text of prompt is overlaid.

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Into a Darker Wilderness @intoadarkerwilderness.com · 10/09/2026

Into a Darker Wilderness podcast: Season 1, Episode 6: Into Inheritance with Carolyn Finney now available wherever you get your podcasts ✨

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Into a Darker Wilderness @intoadarkerwilderness.com · 21/08/2026

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Into a Darker Wilderness @intoadarkerwilderness.com · 21/08/2026

*Prompt for Writing and Living* S1E5 - Into the Interior with Ronald Greer Write about what your funeral service would look like - not the funeral itself, but the party, memorial, or wake following - in the form of a poem. #intoadarkerwilderness #adarkerwilderness #Blacknaturewriting #iadwprompt

A photo of people walking through a grove of trees, facing away from the camera. They look to be mostly white people, dressed semi-formally to casually. Over the photo, text reads, "Write about what your funeral service would look like - not the funeral itself, but the party, memorial, or wake following - in the form of a poem."

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Into a Darker Wilderness @intoadarkerwilderness.com · 18/08/2026

𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝟏, 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝟓: 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐑𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐝 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 wherever you get your podcasts! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 👉 Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/23Oy... 👉 Show notes are available at IntoaDarkerWilderness.com #intoadarkerwilderness #iadw #writingpodcast

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Into a Darker Wilderness @intoadarkerwilderness.com · 04/08/2026

…that we are nothing without the Earth⁠⁠⁠⁠--the Earth is us. Sit with that knowledge for a moment. What does it feel like? What does this evoke? Can you feel how you are part of a much larger, more complex organism? What is that like for you? What will you do with this knowledge? 2/2

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Into a Darker Wilderness @intoadarkerwilderness.com · 04/08/2026

—Prompt for Writing and/or Living— Season 1, Episode 4: Into the Unknown with katie robinson — Meditate on what it feels like to be the skin of the earth. Meditate on the divisiveness of this moment (without getting caught up in it). Think about boundaries and borders generally, knowing… 1/2 🧵

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Into a Darker Wilderness @intoadarkerwilderness.com · 02/08/2026

Season 1, Episode 4: Into the Unknown with katie robinson Available wherever you get your podcasts: open.spotify.com/episode/1PDY... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... music.amazon.com/podcasts/b24... www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRG7... www.iheart.com/podcast/269-... pca.st/hpx3nucu

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Into a Darker Wilderness @intoadarkerwilderness.com · 26/06/2026

Into a Darker Wilderness is now available on YouTube as well as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart, Amazon Music, Pocketcasts, Castbox, and Goodpods! (And possibly on cassette tapes out of the trunk of a 1988 burgundy Oldsmobile Cutlass.) www.youtube.com/channel/UCQo...

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Into a Darker Wilderness podcast sits at the intersection of nature and Black history, expanding our definitions and seeking new understandings of our relationships with and through time, nature, and ...

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Into a Darker Wilderness @intoadarkerwilderness.com · 25/06/2026

Season 1, Episode 3: Into the Headwaters with Sean Hill is available wherever you get your podcasts open.spotify.com/episode/3THz...

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Into a Darker Wilderness @intoadarkerwilderness.com · 14/06/2026

The sensory could be part - maybe you could go back to the place; or smell, if not a tackle box, a particular kind of tobacco or other fragrance to help you connect to the memory and inform your exploration. Listen to your imaginary editor tell you: Say more - go deeper, dive into your senses. 3/3

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Into a Darker Wilderness @intoadarkerwilderness.com · 14/06/2026

Go back to a distant memory - something that happened a long time ago, where maybe the details are not as clear as they once might have been. Write about it; to the extent that there are components missing, is that OK? To the extent the missing details could be filled in, how might that happen? 2/3

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Into a Darker Wilderness @intoadarkerwilderness.com · 14/06/2026

Each episode of the the "Into a Darker Wilderness" podcast concludes with an offering by the featured guest - a prompt for writing and/or living. How you receive it, and what you do with it, is up to you. S1E2, Into Soft Memories with Michael Kleber-Diggs: Prompt for Living or Writing 1/3

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Into a Darker Wilderness @intoadarkerwilderness.com · 12/06/2026

Episode 2: Into Soft Memories with Michael Kleber-Diggs (@mkdordiggsy.bsky.social) Now available wherever you get your podcasts 🌿 Links available at intoadarkerwilderness.com/supporters/p...

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Davi Gray (she/they) @davigray.com · 22/05/2026

Also, this happened last night I guess 😅

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Into a Darker Wilderness @intoadarkerwilderness.com · 14/05/2026

We invite you to join us, and our sponsor Milkweed Editions, for our launch party at 6:00 pm on May 27th in the Open Book Performance Hall. Admission is free; light refreshments and beverages will be provided. @mkdordiggsy.bsky.social @davigray.com @milkweededitions.bsky.social

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Into a Darker Wilderness @intoadarkerwilderness.com · 22/05/2026

Our first trailer has dropped! You can listen to it wherever you get your podcast content: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i... open.spotify.com/show/3EKW8Oe... castbox.fm/channel/id72... music.amazon.com/podcasts/b24... iheart.com/podcast/3344... pca.st/52hwqo8a and probably some more 😉

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Books Podcast · Updated Semimonthly · Erin Sharkey, editor of the anthology "A Darker Wilderness: Black Nature Writing from Soil to Stars" (Milkweed), and Michael Kleber-Diggs, author of the poetry co...

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Sara Dovre Wudali @saradovrewudali.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

I am looking forward to this launch!

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Into a Darker Wilderness @intoadarkerwilderness.com · 14/05/2026

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Into a Darker Wilderness @intoadarkerwilderness.com · 14/05/2026

Erin, Michael, and producer Davi Gray have had a delightful time interviewing contributors for the podcast, and we're excited to launch the first season on Wednesday, May 27th. 4/5

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Into a Darker Wilderness @intoadarkerwilderness.com · 14/05/2026

… Because abundant time in nature is foundational to human flourishing, we host writers and thinkers who engage deeply with the natural world and, through their efforts and ideas, help others do that too. 3/5

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Into a Darker Wilderness @intoadarkerwilderness.com · 14/05/2026

…as engaged with in the anthology Erin edited for Milkweed, "A Darker Wilderness: Black Nature Writing from Soil to Stars." Into a Darker Wilderness is, as much as anything, a home for people who love nature and books and conversations about both. … 2/5

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Into a Darker Wilderness @intoadarkerwilderness.com · 14/05/2026

You are invited! Erin Sharkey and Michael Kleber-Diggs have been working on a podcast about Black nature writing called "Into a Darker Wilderness." The first season of the podcast will feature conversations with writers around the complicated relationships and history of Black people and nature… 1/

Flyer with text: Join us for our podcast launch. Michael Kleber-Diggs, Co-host. Erin Sharkey, Co-host. Davi Gray, producer. Into a Darker Wilderness podcast. May 27th, 6 pm, Open Book, 1011 Washington Ave S. Photos of Michael Kleber-Diggs, a middle-aged Black man with medium-dark skin; Erin Sharkey, a middle-aged Black woman with light brown skin; and Davi Gray, a middle-aged white nonbinary woman.

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