When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History, and America’s Black Botanical Legacy, Beronda L. Montgomery Olympic Games Shimmering poetry and stunning cut-paper

Shimmering poetry and stunning cut-paper art portray epic concepts--the evolving biography of the universe and the symbiotic relationship between science and story

vibrant tribute to Rock Your Mocs Day

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what neither expects is for everything to descend into sudden mass chaos

Now her guilt over her mother's condition keeps her tethered to the island

When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History, and America’s Black Botanical Legacy, Beronda L. Montgomery Olympic Games Shimmering poetry and stunning cut-paperHow the Word Is Passed meets Braiding Sweetgrass in a cultural and personal reclamation of Black history and Black botanical mastery, shared through the stories of long lived trees. The histories of trees in America are also the histories of Black Americans. Pecan trees were domesticated by an enslaved African named Antoine; sycamore trees were both havens and signposts for people trying to escape enslavement; poplar trees are historically associated