This beautifully illustrated essay collection offers a curious and creative invitation into the world of trees and the words we use to understand them.
About the Author: Hannah Fries is the author of Being with Trees (Storey) and the poetry collection Little Terrarium (Hedgerow Books).
176 Pages
Nature, Essays
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Book Synopsis
This beautifully illustrated essay collection offers a curious and creative invitation into the world of trees and the words we use to understand them.
What is crown shyness, and how could a tree be shy? What is heartwood, and what does it have to do with the heart? So often even our scientific terms are rife with surprising etymologies and images that may reveal as much about us humans and our relationship to nature as they do about the things they describe. Words related to trees and forests are no exception. With a poet's sensibility, Hannah Fries peels back the layers of these ecological terms, reflecting on their meaning both literally and figuratively, intertwining science and metaphor.
About the Author
Hannah Fries is the author of Being with Trees (Storey) and the poetry collection Little Terrarium (Hedgerow Books). Her poetry and prose have appeared in such places as The Marginalian, Terrain.org, Orion, and American Poetry Review. Her work has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, and she was awarded a scholarship from the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference. From 2005 to 2014 she was an editor at Orion magazine. She grew up in the woods of New Hampshire and now lives in western Massachusetts with a forester and two tree-climbing kids.
Dimensions (Overall): 7.25 Inches (H) x 5.25 Inches (W) x .69 Inches (D)
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 176
Genre: Nature
Sub-Genre: Essays
Publisher: Storey Publishing
Format: Hardcover
Author: Hannah Fries
Language: English
Street Date: September 29, 2026
TCIN: 1008787351
UPC: 9781635869811
Item Number (DPCI): 247-36-3826
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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