November Book du Mois: Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer!
Schedule
Tue, 25 Nov, 2025 at 06:15 pm
UTC-06:00Location
302 A Jefferson Street, Lafayette, LA, United States, Louisiana 70501 | Lafayette, LA
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Votes are in! We'll be reading *Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants* by Robin Wall Kimmerer for our November Book du Mois!We'll meet on Tuesday, November 25 @ 6:15 p.m. to discuss the book!
Order your copy here or stop by the bookshop to purchase!: https://cavalierhousebooks.com/book/9781571313560
Synopsis:
As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer brings these two lenses of knowledge together to take us on "a journey that is every bit as mythic as it is scientific, as sacred as it is historical, as clever as it is wise" (Elizabeth Gilbert).
Drawing on her life as an indigenous scientist, and as a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beings--asters and goldenrod, strawberries and squash, salamanders, algae, and sweetgrass--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 acknowledgment and celebration of our reciprocal relationship with the rest of the living world. For only when we can hear the languages of other beings will we be capable of understanding the generosity of the earth, and learn to give our own gifts in return.
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Voting is now live for our November Book du Mois pick!
Make your selection through Oct. 15. We’ll meet to discuss the selected book at 6:15 p.m. on Nov. 25.
Make good choices!
https://forms.gle/eUbVpSxgHgDUEuiE6
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Where is it happening?
302 A Jefferson Street, Lafayette, LA, United States, Louisiana 70501Event Location & Nearby Stays:
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