“This summer, I walked across a quiet Colorado State University campus to meet Professor Camille Dungy at her third-floor office in Eddy Hall. When I arrived, Dungy greeted me warmly and offered to sign a copy of her latest book, Soil: The Story of a Black Mother’s Garden. Published in 2023 by Simon & Schuster, and released in paperback this spring, the book is partly a memoir and partly a meditation on the extraordinary significance of our environment. One reviewer described Dungy’s work in part as ‘deeply felt, fluidly written, and never boring.’ Given that Dungy’s home garden features prominently in the narrative, we had discussed having our conversation outdoors, amid the wildflowers, native plants and vegetable garden beds that populate her Fort Collins backyard. An early summer heatwave drove us inside.”

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