Soil: The Story of a Black Mother's Garden (inscribed)
NY: Simon and Schuster, 2024. First edition. Hardcover. Third printing. Inscribed on the title page in green ink in the year of publication: "For Jillian -- Bloom & thrive! Camille Dungy, June 2023, Denver." 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." With black and white botanical photos by the author scattered throughout. A very good copy with light bumping to spine ends and one bump to the lower rear board edge near spine; in a very good jacket with some light creasing to edges and spine ends, and a bookstore sticker of the barcode on the rear panel. Very good / Very good. Item #1954
ISBN: 9781982195304
Price: $150.00 save 5% $142.50