Gathering Moss

The first book by internationally bestselling author Robin Wall Kimmerer, Gathering Moss is a beautifully written mix of science and personal reflection that invites readers to explore and learn from the elegantly simple lives of mosses. In this series of linked personal essays, the author clearly and artfully explains the biology of mosses and reflects on what these fascinating organisms have to teach us.

Drawing on her diverse experiences as a scientist, mother, teacher, and writer of Native American heritage, Kimmerer explains the stories of mosses in scientific terms as well as in the framework of Indigenous ways of knowing. In her deft hands, the natural history and cultural relationships of mosses become a powerful metaphor for ways of living in the world.