Braiding Sweetgrass

this is my summer of Reading Books That Everyone Said Were Great Five Years Ago. and guess what: it's great! It took me a long time to read it (not counting the 5+ years it took me to start reading it) because I wanted to really savor the language of it. The writing is so lovely and then the skillfulness of Kimmerer's science communication is so strong, like truly combining the botany with the indigenous storytelling and making this beautiful beautiful book. Really inspiring.

I'll also say PART of the reason why I delayed picking this up was bc I was like “WELLLL I already care about the environment and I already care about indigenous land rights” so I was kind of like “I don't need to be persuaded?” But I think that made this lovelier to read. IDK. Whatever, I'm glad this book came to me in 2023, it will stay with me.