Kaki King and breaking down genre barriers; free residencies; fairytales; tv tropes; plant intelligence; publishing changeover; PEN America cancellations; Alice Munro obit; prize winners; peach tea
Did you ever see the documentary The Secret Life of Plants? It's a 1979 film with Stevie Wonder (!) and it is a rambling mess of oddness but a very fun watch if you can find it.
I haven't! It sounds like it was based on the book of the same name, which, according to some of these articles, made it hard for research in this field to move forward, as it contained a lot of un-scientific projection that made scientific and academic funding sources skittish of the field.
The topic seems to be all over my feed at the moment specifically because a couple of trade books have come out this year and in the past few years on this topic. The Orion article is a great interview between two authors (women!) writing on the subject.
Thank you for amplifying the fee-free residencies list, Allison!
Always! You have such great resources, happy to share them!
Did you ever see the documentary The Secret Life of Plants? It's a 1979 film with Stevie Wonder (!) and it is a rambling mess of oddness but a very fun watch if you can find it.
I haven't! It sounds like it was based on the book of the same name, which, according to some of these articles, made it hard for research in this field to move forward, as it contained a lot of un-scientific projection that made scientific and academic funding sources skittish of the field.
The topic seems to be all over my feed at the moment specifically because a couple of trade books have come out this year and in the past few years on this topic. The Orion article is a great interview between two authors (women!) writing on the subject.