Quick Look
- Illuminating and uplifting essays and poems about trees from almost four decades of Orion Magazine
- Contributors include Rick Bass, Alison Deming, John Hay, Robin MacArthur, Cicily Park, Lia Purpura, Scott Sanders, Joni Tevis, Alberto Rios and Katrina Vandenberg
- A fascinating collection to encourage tranquillity and quiet consideration
A collection of the best articles and poems about trees from Orion Magazine to connect readers to nature and inspire contemplation.
Description
Since its founding in 1982 Orion Magazine has published thousands of essays and poems that bring readers closer to nature.
This collection includes the most memorable articles and poems about trees that have appeared in the magazine, plus three new standout essays. From tranquillity and contemplation to scandal, crime and conflict, this fascinating collection includes tales of city trees, orchard trees, trees hiding deep in the forest and solitary giants standing all on their own.
Like nature itself, these poems and essays are surprising and far reaching, offering an enriching collection to encourage contemplation and calm.
Author
Robin Wall Kimmerer is Professor of Environmental and Forest Biology at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry. She lives in New York, USA.
