That book gave us a quieter, gentler way of looking at our place in the world — not on top, but in the middle, with everything else. Think of “The Serviceberry” as a subset of “Braiding ...

The secret to becoming a good steward of the Earth begins with paying attention, said author Robin Wall Kimmerer, a MacArthur Fellow, botany professor and an enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi ...

Kimmerer’s book Braiding Sweetgrass was published more than 10 years ago but is still finding new audiences today, ... What is it like to be back on this part of the land where your people are from?

Shelagh Rogers: What does sweetgrass mean to you? Monique Gray Smith: It means love, kindness and care.Those are the teachings for me. As humanity, we're looking for ways to braid our way back to ...

When “Braiding Sweetgrass” arrived on the bestseller list in February 2020, it surprised the literary world. The book hadn’t followed the usual path: It had come out more than six years earlier.

With her blockbuster book, “Braiding Sweetgrass,” Kimmerer’s ideas about how to repair humanity’s broken relationship with the natural world have spread far.

In her new book, “The Serviceberry ... When “Braiding Sweetgrass” came out in the fall of 2013, it had a print run of 8,000 copies, and wasn’t reviewed by any major newspapers or magazines.

With her blockbuster book, “Braiding Sweetgrass,” Kimmerer’s ideas about how to repair humanity’s broken relationship with the natural world have spread far.