Centre County Reads has chosen “Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teaching of Plants” by Robin Wall Kimmerer as its 2022 community read.
“Braiding Sweetgrass” highlights Kimmerer’s experiences as both a trained botanist and as a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, embracing the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers. Drawing on her life as an indigenous scientist, and as a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beings offer us gifts and lessons, even if we’ve forgotten how to hear their voices.
In reflections that range from the creation of Turtle Island to the forces that threaten its flourishing today, she circles toward a central argument: that the awakening of ecological consciousness requires the acknowledgement and celebration of our reciprocal relationship with the rest of the living world.
“Particularly at this moment in time, we thought Kimmerer’s themes of environmental sustainability through the lens of Native American tradition and heritage would be both interesting to explore and poignant for Centre County readers to experience together,” said Maria Burchill, Schlow Centre Region Library’s head of adult services and a member of the Centre County Reads committee.
“Braiding Sweetgrass” has been a New York Times, Washington Post and Los Angeles Times bestseller; named a “Best Essay Collection of the Decade” by Literary Hub; and named a Book Riot “Favorite Summer Read of 2020.”
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