{"product_id":"braiding-sweetgrass-indigenous-wisdom-scientific-knowledge-and-the-teachings-of-plants-9781571311771","title":"Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eNamed a \"Best Essay Collection of the Decade\" by Literary Hub\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA Book Riot \"Favorite Summer Read of 2020\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA Food Tank Fall 2020 Reading Recommendation\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eUpdated with a new introduction from Robin Wall Kimmerer, the special edition of \u003ci\u003eBraiding Sweetgrass\u003c\/i\u003e, reissued in honor of the fortieth anniversary of Milkweed Editions, celebrates the book as an object of meaning that will last the ages.\u003c\/b\u003e Beautifully bound with a new cover featuring an engraving by Tony Drehfal, this edition includes a bookmark ribbon, a deckled edge, and five brilliantly colored illustrations by artist Nate Christopherson. In increasingly dark times, we honor the experience that more than 350,000 readers in North America have cherished about the book--gentle, simple, tactile, beautiful, even sacred--and offer an edition that will inspire readers to gift it again and again, spreading the word about scientific knowledge, indigenous wisdom, and the teachings of plants. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers. In \u003ci\u003eBraiding Sweetgrass\u003c\/i\u003e, Kimmerer brings these two lenses of knowledge together to take us on \"a journey that is every bit as mythic as it is scientific, as sacred as it is historical, as clever as it is wise\" (Elizabeth Gilbert). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Drawing on her life as an indigenous scientist, and as a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beings--asters and goldenrod, strawberries and squash, salamanders, algae, and sweetgrass--offer us gifts and lessons, even if we've forgotten how to hear their voices. In reflections that range from the creation of Turtle Island to the forces that threaten its flourishing today, she circles toward a central argument: that the awakening of ecological consciousness requires the acknowledgment and celebration of our reciprocal relationship with the rest of the living world. For only when we can hear the languages of other beings will we be capable of understanding the generosity of the earth, and learn to give our own gifts in return.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kimmerer, Robin Wall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/13\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Milkweed Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781571311771\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 456\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.70w x 1.30d","brand":"Robin Wall Kimmerer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":33052786786379,"sku":"9781571311771","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_ae1790b7-7993-4379-acca-43f98ce4783e.jpg?v=1612230091","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/braiding-sweetgrass-indigenous-wisdom-scientific-knowledge-and-the-teachings-of-plants-9781571311771","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}