Our monthly book club is held (about) once a month here at Chicory Naturalist (25 Broadway, Kingston NY) from 6pm-8pm. We have snacks, bevs, and great conversation!
No purchase is necessary to participate (we love libraries!), but if you'd like to support our work while participating in book club, the links for each title are below.
BOOK CLUB CALENDAR 2025:
February 27th, 6~8pm -- The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer
As Indigenous scientist and author of Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer harvests serviceberries alongside the birds, she considers the ethic of reciprocity that lies at the heart of the gift economy. How, she asks, can we learn from Indigenous wisdom and the plant world to reimagine what we value most?
March 27th, 6~8pm -- How to Love a Forest by Ethan Tapper
A tender, fearless debut by a forester writing in the tradition of Suzanne Simard, Robin Wall Kimmerer, and Robert Macfarlane....Only those who love trees should cut them, writes forester Ethan Tapper. In How to Love a Forest, he asks what it means to live in a time in which ecosystems are in retreat and extinctions rattle the bones of the earth.
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April 24th, 6~8pm -- The Body is a Doorway by Sophie Strand (out March 4th)
In this lyrical, radically expansive self-portrait, celebrated poet, author, and lecturer Sophie Strand explores--with searing insight and honesty--the intersecting spaces of her own chronic illness, the complex ecology of a changing world, and the very nature of the stories we tell ourselves.
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May 22nd, 6~8pm -- When No Thing Works by Rōshi Norma Wong
Talking story, weaving poetry, and offering wisdom at the intersections of strategy, politics, and spiritual activism, When No Thing Works is a visionary guide to co-creating new worlds from one in crisis. It asks into the ways we can live well and maintain our wholeness in an era of collective acceleration the swiftly moving current, fed and shaped by human actions, that sweeps us toward ever uncertain futures.
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June 26th, 6~8pm -- Forest Euphoria by Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian (out May 27th)
A thrilling book about the abounding queerness of the natural world that challenges our expectations of what is normal, beautiful, and possible...Wide-ranging, richly observant, and full of surprise, Forest Euphoria will open your eyes and change how you look at the world around you.
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July 24th, 6~8pm -- Night Magic by Leigh Ann Henion
In this glorious celebration of the night, New York Times bestselling nature writer Leigh Ann Henion invites us to leave our well-lit homes, step outside, and embrace the dark as a profoundly beautiful part of the world we inhabit. Because no matter where we live, we are surrounded by animals that rise with the moon, and blooms that reveal themselves as light fades
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