The Forest Bison – Nhatt Nichols
Nhatt Nichols’s project for the 2025 Jack Straw Writers Program is a non-fiction graphic novel about the history of the Białowieża Forest, a World Heritage Area that sits between Poland and Belarus, and how the forest and humanity influence each other. In her conversation with curator Kathleen Alcalá, they explore how she first became interested in the Białowieża Forest, the ethics of being a journalist in a crisis zone, and why it’s important to see humans as a part of nature. “Even though the most protected part of that forest doesn’t have people in it anymore, people very much formed what that forest looks like. People have formed environments in such a really pivotal way. And it’s possible to have something that is healthy and beautiful and natural and have humans in it . . . it’s just got to be done carefully and responsibly.”
Music by Greg Kramer, produced in part through the Jack Straw Artist Support Program.
