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April Book Club

April 3, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Osprey Wilds'
Virtual Book Club

We invite you to join the Osprey Wilds’ Virtual Book Club!  This is a free, BYOB (bring your own book) club. Registration is required.

Meetings will be the first Saturday of the month for introductions and priming the conversation, and the last Saturday of the month for review and discussion of the book. Additional opportunities for discussion throughout each month may be offered based on the interest in each book.

Please register for our book club meetings below.

April’s Book

Meetings will be held on Zoom from 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm CST

ISBN-10 : 197735615X
 

Gathering Moss is a beautifully written mix of science and personal reflection that invites readers to explore and learn from the elegantly simple lives of mosses. Robin Wall Kimmerer’s book is not an identification guide, nor is it a scientific treatise. Rather, it is a series of linked personal essays that will lead general readers and scientists alike to an understanding of how mosses live and how their lives are intertwined with the lives of countless other beings, from salmon and hummingbirds to redwoods and rednecks. Kimmerer clearly and artfully explains the biology of mosses, while at the same time reflecting on what these fascinating organisms have to teach us.

Drawing on her diverse experiences as a scientist, mother, teacher, and writer of Native American heritage, Kimmerer explains the stories of mosses in scientific terms as well as in the framework of indigenous ways of knowing. In her book, the natural history and cultural relationships of mosses become a powerful metaphor for ways of living in the world.

Gathering Moss will appeal to a wide range of readers, from bryologists to those interested in natural history and the environment, Native Americans, and contemporary nature and science writing.

 

Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer (also credited as Robin W. Kimmerer) (born 1953) is Associate Professor of Environmental and Forest Biology at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF). She is the author of numerous scientific articles, and the book Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses. She is Potawatomi and combines her heritage with her scientific and environmental passions.

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Date:
April 3, 2021
Time:
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
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