Friday and Saturday, April 25 and 26 on Jekyll Island 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM, with pre-summit field trips Location: Villas By The Sea, Jekyll Island, GA  Pricing: Regular Registration: $100 Regular Student rate: $62* *If you are choosing the student rate, you must use your student (.edu) email address to register. Registration will close at midnight […]

At work in every piece of good writing is something beyond craft and mechanics. It can’t be codified, seen, or proven. But it’s there. The thing is Spirit. Invisibles. Magic. Mystery. Myth. The Imaginal Realm. Dream-worlds. Intuition. The Unconscious. How does a writer access this mysterium? Please join me, Janisse Ray, for a live online […]

In PST’s May 10 meeting, join acclaimed author Janisse Ray for an engaging 1-hour workshop in which you explore the intersection of poetry and nature. Janisse will guide you through creative exercises using the natural world as inspiration. By sharing techniques for vivid imagery, sensory language, and metaphor, she will empower you to bring a […]

Historic Macon is excited to host American writer, naturalist, and environmental activist Janisse Ray for a special Writer Talk on May 31 at 10 a.m. A place has a story and a person has a story, and something important is happening at the intersection of the two. Janisse Ray is passionate about place, and her […]

I will be an EXHIBITOR at this year's ASLE conference! I'm super-excited about this. Come by the table for a hug and a surprise.

Join Simmons Buntin, Petra Kuppers, Sueyeun Juliette Lee, and Janisse Ray at the ASLE offsite reading, to be held at the Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, 4318 Gallatin Street, Hyattsville, Maryland, on Thursday, July 10, from 7-8 p.m.

Join acclaimed author Janisse Ray for a generative 2-hour writing workshop in which we explore the intersection of story and trees. The session will use mindful observation, sensory details, memories, and prompt-based writing to deepen our connections with trees and treescapes. The craft focus will be on metaphor, how trees can be used as powerful […]

Lost in the Letters will host a reading with Trees Atlanta on August 16, 2025 from 7-9 featuring writers whose work focuses on nature.

This year Janisse will be appearing at the iconic Wildlife Arts Festival held in Thomasville, Georgia. More details forthcoming.

A daylong, in-person writing workshop with Janisse Ray  When: Oct. 4, 2025 Hours: 10 am - 4 pm Where: Central Congregational United Church of Christ 2676 Clairmont Road Atlanta, GA 30329 Cities teem with mystery, memory, and meaning. In this nonfiction workshop, we explore how to uncover and articulate the sacred in urban spaces—whether found […]

This is part of the Book Club & Speaker series. It will be held at historic Rose Hill. Janisse Ray is best known for her book Ecology of a Cracker Childhood, chronicling her childhood growing up in Baxley, GA, alongside the natural history of the longleaf pine. But she has authored over a dozen books, […]