The Plant Wisdom Book Club is delighted to announce our next reading adventure from June to July 2024…
“Tree Spirits Grass Spirits” by Hiromi Ito, translated by John L. Pitt
A unique tapestry of poetic essays that intertwine nature writing, travelogue, and existential philosophy.
Authored by the acclaimed Japanese poet, this work is a celebration of the natural world, reflecting the non-linear, interconnected growth of plants.
Written over the course of a year and a half, “Tree Spirits Grass Spirits” is an invitation to explore life through the lens of flora, delving into themes of immigration, language, gender, and the cycle of life and death.
A welcome companion to those interested in seeing the world from a fresh perspective.
June to July 2024 Reading Period
Tree Spirits Grass Spirits collects twenty-one autobiographical stories about plants
We invite you to join us in this two-month journey, to read and reflect together on this phyto-autobiography that promises to be as enriching as it is enlightening. Let’s turn the pages and let the wisdom of plants guide us through Hiromi Ito’s profound narrative.
It all takes place in the Plant Wisdom Book Club, a part of Seedling Sprouts in the Naturally Conscious Community.
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