How We Live Now with Katherine May
Arts:Books
At a superficial level, Soil is a gardening memoir, full of gorgeous descriptions of plants and getting your hands in the soil. But the garden in question is a political gesture, an act of resistance and an assertion of belonging. Camille T. Dungy uproots the staid monoculture of the suburban garden, and takes a fierce, critical look at its assumptions.
In this conversation, we talk about the way that gardens can become a means of social control and conformity, but also an expression of freedom and solidarity that crosses generations. We also touch on the idea of outsidership, and the difference between choosing to stay at the edges, and being forced out of the centre.
Katherine's new book, Enchantment, is available now: US/CAN and UK
Links from the episode:
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Raynor Winn on losing everything and finding home
Leah Hazard on changing career after having her first child
Remona Aly on breaking an engagement, and the transformative force of grief
Emma Dabiri on history and belonging
Saima Mir on marriage, dreams and late flourishing
Ross Gay on delight
Aja Barber on getting dressed
Joanne Limburg on reclaiming weird
Cole Arthur Riley on "We did good"
Alexandra Heminsley on inhabiting a female body
Meghan O' Rourke on the invisible kingdom of chronic illness
Sara Tasker on hyperfocus, exhaustion and finding the new normal
Gemma Cairney on conducting energy with balance and motion
Aimee Nezhukumatathil on nurturing wonder through nature
Elissa Altman on navigating the Motherland
Maggie Smith on the mutual reflection of poetry
Cheryl Strayed on walking through the wilderness
Jennifer Pastiloff on the power of 'I Got You'
Jackee Holder on the good things in life
Michelle Adams on how life can change in an instant
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
Lit Society: Books and Drama
Ex Libris
Write The Book: Conversations on Craft
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Fresh Air
Myths and Legends