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The Overstory

by Richard Powers

Recommended in 3 interviews and reading lists

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  1. Michael PollanInterview
  2. Daniel GilbertInterview
    The Overstory by Richard Powers. I was having lunch with Michael Pollan and we were talking about whether stories can ever induce the same “perspective shifts” that hallucinogens do. Michael mentioned The Overstory because it allows readers to experience the world from a tree’s point of view. So I bought it and read…
  3. Kim Brown SeelyInterview
    So many more: The Overstory by Richard Powers, The Library Book by Susan Orlean, The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey, News of the World by Paulette Jiles, and an exquisite book just published by Fitzcarraldo Editions, Surrender by Joanna Pocock. For nature writing, one of my favorites is a gem, The Quarry Fox by Leslie T…

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