Robin Wall Kimmerer embraces the gift economy of nature in new book – Broadview Magazine

December 18, 2024

Robin Wall Kimmerer strives to live according to the knowledge taught by plants. In her debut book, the runaway bestseller Braiding Sweetgrass, the Potawami botanist wove Indigenous wisdom together with scientific observation to highlight the interconnectedness of all living things. Her latest work, The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World, takes inspiration from the small red, blue and purple berries also known as Saskatoons, juneberries or shadbush in some parts of Canada. As she harvests the ripe fruit together with her namesake robins, she marvels at the gift of nature: “We both sing gratitude with our mouths full,” she writes.

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