{"product_id":"a-natural-history-of-the-spirits","title":"A Natural History of the Spirits","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the winner of James Beard, Harriet Tubman, and Whiting Awards, a shimmering and unexpected vision of the world we inhabit together\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the celebrated journalist whose work has been hailed by Tiya Miles as \"broad, complex, and unexpected,\" and by \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e as \"informative and compassionate,\" award-winning author Jori Lewis's stunning new book blends scientific research, myth, folklore, and cultural analysis in a lyrical literary work that observes the natural world as an entry point into understanding the traumas of our history and the unexplored dimensions of our spiritual lives.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Natural History of the Spirits\u003c\/em\u003e offers profound meditations on the history of colonialism, racism, and social and ecological change, exploring such wide-ranging subjects as the reproduction crisis of the long-lived African baobab tree in the face of climate change; the evolutionary history of the watermelon and how racist stereotypes related to it developed and persist in the United States; the disquieted spirits of the Senegalese island Sangomar in the wake of new oil and gas exploration in the area; and how, by observing the habits of plants and animals, we may more deeply understand how we create home.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\t\u003cp\u003eFor readers of Robin Wall \u003cem\u003eKimmerer's Braiding Sweetgrass\u003c\/em\u003e and Barry Lopez's \u003cem\u003eArctic Dreams\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eA Natural History of the Spirits\u003c\/em\u003e grapples with how we have made, and continue to make, meaning of the world by reading the land, the animals, the water, and the skies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67603525566563,"sku":"9781620979631","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0621\/7515\/0179\/files\/imageloader_779214b8-e94b-4e04-ba3e-f8538690f58f.jpg?v=1790726794","url":"https:\/\/redricebooks.com\/products\/a-natural-history-of-the-spirits","provider":"Red Rice Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}