Advance Praise for Conversations with Trees: An Intimate Ecology
“Stephanie Kaza’s book is a triumph—Deep Ecology writing at its most humbly, powerfully evocative. Here each tree, in disclosing its own story, its own beauty, reveals the beholder’s as well. Each tells us, in a different voice, that if we are to preserve the natural world, we must let it feed our souls.” —Joanna Macy, author of World as Lover, World as Self
“A beautiful exploration of the intelligence and mystery of trees. These essays kindle both curiosity and awe, inviting us into deeper relationship with our sylvan elders.” —David George Haskell, author of Burroughs medalist, The Songs of Trees
“Twenty-five years ago, Kaza’s lyric, wondering prose invited readers to listen to what trees teach about the glistening webs that connect all of life. Now, as global warming brings hellfire and tempests to the forests, we must listen to what their sinewy strength tells us about suffering, regeneration, and redemption.” —Kathleen Dean Moore, author of Wild Comfort
“Stephanie Kaza's reflections on trees are both unified and rendered luminous by her remarkable capacity for attentiveness. Scientific training and Zen practice alike help her to look so deeply into solitary experiences of trees in nature and in cities, and to fold in the historical and contemporary challenges faced by trees, that seeing and compassion become inseparable.” —John Elder, author of Reading the Mountains of Home
“Kaza has answered the alluring call of the trees, transcending the limitations of species to romp among them. Her book gives us a rare glimpse of the wisdom that a deep, open-hearted encounter with nature can afford us.” --Yoga Journal
“One of my absolute favorite books of the year. You will look at everything on earth differently after reading these beautiful essays about learning from trees.” —Emily’s Reviews, GoodReads