Soil: The Story of a Black Mother's Garden

"Poet Camille Dungy writes about her efforts to transform her suburban yard in predominantly white Fort Collins, Colo., into a wilder, natural garden full of native plants. By turns a memoir of family life during the pandemic, a meditation on – and contribution to – American nature writing, and an exploration of the historical effect of segregation on not just where people of color have lived but how they engage with the natural world, this book is wide – ranging. Dungy is so expressive, exploratory and engaging that you definitely want to go along for the ride with her."