Books by Lauret Savoy
“Trace is a complex and beautiful book. Savoy explores questions about identity, race, access, and what it means to belong, through the stories that are held in the land. It is at once forensic and expansive, intimate and urgently political.” Read more...
Victoria Bennett, Memoirist
Interviews where books by Lauret Savoy were recommended
The Best Nature Memoirs, recommended by Victoria Bennett
Nature is intrinsic to our experience of being alive and reading about it allows us to connect not just with the natural world but with ourselves. Here Victoria Bennett, author of All My Wild Mothers, a memoir of grief and creating an apothecary garden, recommends five other nature memoirs, highlighting personal and reflective prose by writers including Lauret Savoy, Mary Oliver, and Jamaica Kincaid.
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Trace: Memory, History, Race, and the American Landscape
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Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
by Robin Wall Kimmerer -
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Earth's Wild Music: Celebrating and Defending the Songs of the Natural World
by Kathleen Dean Moore -
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The Next Great Migration: The Beauty and Terror of Life on the Move
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Landmarks
by Robert Macfarlane
The Best Books For Environmental Learning, recommended by Mitchell Thomashow
The Best Books For Environmental Learning, recommended by Mitchell Thomashow
We are surrounded by nature but it’s easy to miss it and spend time either in our heads or on screens. Here Mitchell Thomashow, a longtime teacher of environmental learning, picks books to broaden our vistas and help us see the natural world with fresh eyes.
