Episode 33: Legacy, Gathering, and Nature

This month we touch on books that explore heritage, community, and the natural world.

One Grand Read
There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif Abdurraqib

Cheryl’s Books:  
A Fortune for Your Disaster: Poems by Hanif Abdurraqib
Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry
Bees by Wojciech Grajkowski 
Story Rug  by Sophie Blackall

Mentioned: 
OneGrandRead.com and more books by Hanif Abdurraqib
Books written by Wendell Berry
The Book of Eels by Patrik Svensson (discussed in Episode 53 of our Reader's Roundtable podcast)
Books written and/or illustrated by Phoebe Wahl

Jessica’s Books:   
The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why it Matters by Priya Parker
The Birthing Tree by Amanda Peters
The Book of Birds: A Field Guide to Wonder and Loss by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris
The Witches of Cambridge by Alice Hoffman

Mentioned: 
The Dead Don't Need Reminding: In Search of Fugitives, Mississippi, and Black TV Nerd Shit by Julian Randall
The Art of Fighting: The Transformative Power of Conflict by Priya Parker
The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters (discussed in Reader's Roundtable Episode 88)
The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman aka Practical Magic 2

Mari’s Books:   
My Sugar Beet Summer by Rachael Elisa Moreno
Shook by Julian Randall
A Riddle of Eels by Nicholas Day
Stone by Stone: A Rock’s Journey Through Time by Melissa Koch

Mentioned: 
Love and Basketball written and directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood
The Crossover by Kwame Alexander