Professional Statement
The poet John Campion has almost 30 years of teaching experience. He is the founder of the Ecotropic movement--derived from the roots, "Eco" (hearth, economy, ecology) and "Tropic" (to turn towards, heliotropic, psychotropic). As a philosophy, Ecotropics holds that for human culture to be healthy, it must exist as in an ecological niche, and thereby, relate appropriately with all the fields of forces of nature. His poetry, art, music, philosophy, and criticism reflect ecotropic values.
Look at some of the headings below for more information. Also see,
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Specialties
Books
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Medusa This is the third in a series of book-length poems. .... | |
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Squaring the Circle This is the second in a series of book-length poems .... | |
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Tongue Stones This is the first in a series of book-length poems .... | |
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Ecotropic Works John Campion organized and edited this anthology of poets, scientists, economists, and artists along ecotropic lines. .... | |
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Where Three Roads Meet .... | |
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Sippapu the Kiva an Inverted Bat .... | |
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El Sueno John Campion made the first translation of Sor Juana's magnum opus, El Sueno. .... |
Selected Publications and Papers Delivered
In addition to his poetry, Campion also works as an artist and as a collaborator with musical composers.
Art
Utilizing his poetry in art, Campion creates a form he calls Texturals. He exhibited these in the recent past in one-person show (Texturals from the Medusa--a Walking Book) at the Worth-Ryder Gallery on UC Berkeley Campus. The art on paper was hung loosely from pairs of copper rows. Patrons walked through the labyrinth, reading the texturals as they progressed.
You can see samples of these works at Artslant
http://www.artslant.com/global/artists/show/23900-john-campion
Music Collaborations and Librettos
Campion has written librettos and collaborated with two major composers: Edmund Campion and Cindy Cox. The work has been performed live and on radio and television around the world. You can experience some audio and video samples of these works at the website for CNMAT (Center for New Music and Audio Technologies).
http://cnmat.berkeley.edu/keyword_search?filter0=John+Campion&submit=Go...
http://cnmat.berkeley.edu/keyword_search?filter0=Edmund+Campion&submit=Go...
http://cnmat.berkeley.edu/keyword_search?filter0=Cindy+Cox&submit=Go...
Major Books
Medusa
(Book length poem)
Ecotropic Works, October 2007
Squaring the Circle
(Book length poem)
Ecotropic Works, 2002
Tongue Stones
(Book length poem)
Ecotropic Works, 1995, 2001
Ecotropic Works
(Anthology of Environmental Writing)
Ecotropic Works, 2002
Where Three Roads Meet
(Poetry)
Cedarshouse Press, 1990
Sippapu the Kiva an Inverted Bat
(Poetry)
Latitudes Press, 1985
El Sueño
(Translation of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz' Poem)
Brazos Books, 1980
Recent Essays
Discovering and Composing with Logos
Contemporary Music Review (Ed. Peter Nelson
Pedagogical Practice and Curricular Infrastructure in Graduate Music Composition
(Volume 31, Part IV) August 2012
Current Research
After spending a year in South America, Campion is working on the forth in a series of book-length poems mapping out an ecotropic critique of culture and a pathway ahead.
Recent English Courses Taught
Fall, 2013
| 165/1 | Special Topics: Modern Poetry |
Poetry Special Topics |
Spring, 2013
| 165/1 | Special Topics: Modern Latin American Fiction |
Special Topics |
Fall, 2012
| 165/1 | Special Topics: Poetry Writing in an Ecological Field of Composition |
Poetry Creative Writing Workshops Special Topics |
Spring, 2012
| 165/1 | Special Topics: The Pisan and Later Cantos of Ezra Pound |
American Literature World Literature Poetry Special Topics |