Soil: The Story of a Black Mother's Garden (inscribed)
NY: Simon and Schuster, 2024. First edition. Softcover. Second printing. Inscribed on the title page in green ink in the year of publication: "For Joylanda -- Bloom & Thrive -- Happy Birthday! Camille Dungy, September 14, 2024." Uncommon signed, and an essential addition to growing canon of Black environmental writing. Dungy is a decorated ecopoet, professor, and until recently the poetry editor for Orion magazine. A book about transforming her yard in Fort Collins, Colorado, "Soil functions at the nexus of nature writing and environmental justice to encourage readers to recognize the relationship between the peoples of the African diaspora and the land on which they live, and to understand that home is wherever soil rests beneath their feet." A fine "soft touch" softcover with flaps. Fine. Item #1953
ISBN: 9781982195311
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