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A New York Times Bestseller
A Washington Post Bestseller
Named a “Best Essay Collection of the Decade” by Literary Hub

Robin Wall Kimmerer, a botanist trained in the scientific study of nature, is also a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, embracing the wisdom that plants and animals are our oldest teachers. In *Braiding Sweetgrass*, she weaves together these two ways of knowing, offering a perspective that is both mythic and scientific, sacred and historical, insightful and wise, as Elizabeth Gilbert describes.

Through her experiences as an Indigenous scientist and as a woman, Kimmerer explores the lessons that nature provides—whether through asters and goldenrod, strawberries and squash, salamanders, algae, or sweetgrass. She reflects on stories that span from the creation of Turtle Island to the challenges facing the natural world today, all while reinforcing a central idea: developing an ecological consciousness begins with recognizing and honoring our reciprocal relationship with the earth. Only by listening to the voices of other living beings can we truly understand the earth’s generosity and, in turn, learn to offer our own gifts back to the world.