Readings at Auburn University - The Atmore Advance

Readings at Auburn University - The Atmore Advance

Submitted by Deidra Suwanee Dees, Ed.D. Douglas “Poncho” Kelley “I watched the gods of nature dance before the stars just like they danced before my grandmothers ten thousand years before,” Dr. Deidra Suwanee Dees said to the audience at Auburn University on March 28, 2025. “Writing about nature is decolonizing as my husband and I are standing on ancestral land that Creeks were removed from in the 1830s.” She was invited to speak about her resea…