Book lovers, join a naturalist and other nature enthusiasts to discuss books that explore nature from different perspectives. The books chosen will focus on BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ viewpoints. While each meeting will focus on the listed book, if you have other reads that you have enjoyed please bring them to share with the group.
June: Borealis by Aisha Sabatini Sloan
Quote from the publisher on “Borealis” – “In Borealis, Aisha Sabatini Sloan observes shorelines, mountains, bald eagles, and Black fellow travelers while feeling menaced by the specter of nature writing. She considers the meaning of open spaces versus enclosed ones and maps out the web of queer relationships that connect her to this quaint Alaskan town. Triangulating the landscapes she moves through with glacial backdrops in the work of Black conceptual artists and writers, Sabatini Sloan complicates tropes of Alaska to suggest that the excitement, exploration, and possibility of myth-making can also be twinned by isolation, anxiety, and boredom.”
