Posted 3:47 p.m. Monday, March 18, 2024
More resources about our relationship to the land
By Teri Holford, interim Outreach Librarian
This week, UWL will be hosting botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of Braiding Sweetgrass (2013, Milkweed Editions), a national bestselling book about our relationship with the land. On her website, Kimmerer describes herself as “mother, scientist, decorated professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation”. Her writing has been described as lyrical, mythic, scientific, sacred, and wise. A young adult version of the book was published in 2022 (Zest Books), bringing her Indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge, and the lessons of plant life to a younger generation.
To highlight this event, part of the Prairie Springs Distinguished Lecture Series, Murphy Library has created a display with other books in the collection that touch on several themes in Kimmerer’s book: the Indigenous relationship to land management, herbalism, plants, ecology, and ethical concerns for the future. Stop by and peruse the selected books (they are all available for check out) on the ground floor near the entrance to Murphy’s Mug. More interviews of Kimmerer can be found on her website, where she speaks to the themes in her book.