My Favorite Plant: Writers and Gardeners on the Plants They Love
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- Synopsis
- A delightful compendium of writing on plants.The passion for gardening and the passion for words come together in this inspired anthology, a collection of essays on topics as diverse as beans and roses, by writers who garden and by gardeners who write. Among the contributors are Christopher Lloyd, on poppies; Marina Warner, who remembers the Guinée rose; and Henri Cole, who offers poems on the bearded iris and on peonies. There is also an explanation of the sexiness of castor beans from Michael Pollan and an essay from Maxine Kumin on how, as Henry David Thoreau put it, one "[makes] the earth say beans instead of grass." Most of the essays are new in print, but Colette, Katharine S. White, D. H. Lawrence, and several other old favorites make appearances. Jamaica Kincaid, the much-admired writer and a passionate gardener herself, rounds up this diverse crew. A wonderful gift for green thumbs, My Favorite Plant is a happy collection of fresh takes on old friends.Other contributors include: Hilton Als Mary KeenKen Druse Duane MichalsMichael Fox David RaffeldIan Frazier Graham Stuart ThomasDaniel Hinkley Wayne Winterrowd
- Copyright:
- 1930
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781250331519
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780374281939
- Publisher:
- Picador
- Date of Addition:
- 09/23/25
- Copyrighted By:
- the Estate of F. Kingdon Ward. Reprinted by permission of The Peters Fraser and Dunlop Group Limited on behalf of: The Estate of Frank Kingdon Ward.
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Home and Garden
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
- Edited by:
- Jamaica Kincaid