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In this Poetry Business New Poets prizewinning pamphlet of twenty poems, eco-poet Serena Alagappan calls our attention to the precarious condition of the Earth, and reveals our calling to nurture it. Hers is compact writing, and pulls a mighty spiritual punch about the interdependency of people and planet.
— Maggie Mackay, The Friday Poem

December 6, 2023
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With imagery that combines and interlaces raw land with raw emotion, Sensitive to Temperature continues to explore the nurturing role of nature with its simultaneously timeless transparencies and evocative enigmas.
— Sibani Ram, Michigan Quarterly Review
Time” is the thing we need to slow climate change, the thing that Alagappan’s poems distill, and the thing her debut deserves from us.
— The Oxford Review of Books

October 16, 2023
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Senior editor Eliza Browning talked to Serena in Oxford and at The Poetry Business 2023 New Poets Prize Launch at the Oxford Poetry Library, featuring her reading alongside fellow winners Tom Branfoot, Chloe Elliott and Beth Davies.
— The Oxonian Review

July 7, 2023
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May 30, 2023
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Ira Sukrungruang selects ‘Untranslatables’ by Serena Alagappan as winner of the 2023 Terry Tempest Williams Prize in Creative Nonfiction
— The North American Review
Napkin Poetry Review

Sep 12, 2022
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Carrying forward the tradition of ecopoetics, Serena Alagappan reckons with both immediate calls to action and the fear inherent in today’s climate crisis. Galvanizing us through interpersonal details and beauty, she shows us poetry’s power to change minds and, in turn, effect change.
— Napkin Poetry Review
KCRW Interview

Feb 24, 2023
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Alagappan explains...In her research, she encountered a range of experiences. Some people didn’t face any stigmatization for eating with their hands. Others felt it acutely. She delves into the shared experience of eating with your hands in her story for The Juggernaut.
— KCRW, subsidiary of NPR
Intersectional Environmentalist

June 3, 2022
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Ecopoetry by @serenaalagappan ☕️📖
Check out the following collections by these incredible ecopoets working at the intersection of racial, gender, and environmental justice
— Intersectional Environmentalist
Princeton Alumni Weekly

April 2023
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Alumni News:
Essay: Ecopoetics Probes Link Between People and the Planet
‘This notion resonates with me emotionally. None of us is alone,’ says Serena Alagappan ’20
— Princeton Alumni Weekly