Old Growth: The Best Writing About Trees

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October 23, 2021

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I'm always astonished by a forest. It makes me realize that the fantasy of nature is much larger than my own fantasy. I still have things to learn.

- Gunter Grass -

Old Growth: The Best Writing About Trees

To celebrate the release of "Old Growth," -- an anthology released by Orion Magazine-- of essays and poems about the lives of trees, Robin Wall Kimmerer held a conversation with Robert Macfarlane and David Haskell. The trio of celebrated nature writers discussed the legacy of trees in deep time, that they each detail in their most recent books, Braiding Sweetgrass, Underland, and The Song of Trees, respectively. They explore the personhood of trees, root communities, and the ways to nurture our canopies. Watch the recording here. Together, they discussed the idea of the { read more }