In braiding sweetgrass — so that it is smooth, glossy, and worthy of the gift — a certain amount of tension is needed. As any little girl with tight braids will tell you, you have to pull a bit.

Home; News; News Detail 02/16/2024. MacArthur Fellow and author Robin Wall Kimmerer, who wrote Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants, will discuss ...

Style ‘Braiding Sweetgrass’ has gone from surprise hit to juggernaut bestseller. Robin Wall Kimmerer, just named the recipient of a MacArthur ‘genius grant,’ weaves Indigenous wisdom with ...

But also sweetgrass, we view in our creation stories as the hair of Mother Earth. And so when we think about braiding somebody's hair, it's because we care for them. We want them to be at their best.

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

This philosophy of the “gift economy” is one she touched on in her 2013 book, “Braiding Sweetgrass,” which draws on native beliefs and traditions as well as science to place humans in the ...

Kimmerer's 'The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World' will be published by Scribner on November 19. Her breakout hit 'Braiding Sweetgrass,' which has sold over two million ...

In braiding sweetgrass — so that it is smooth, glossy, and worthy of the gift — a certain amount of tension is needed. As any little girl with tight braids will tell you, you have to pull a bit.

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.