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Hello, we all feel a connection to nature, whether it's the soil that grounds us or the

stars that inspire.

But what exactly do we feel?

And how does that change, depending on individual circumstances and situations?

How might politics affect our stance, or wealth, or family, or history, or oppression,

or injustice?

Would a prisoner see the sky the same way as someone who's not incarcerated?

Does grass mean the same thing?

Luckily, we don't have to guess at the answers to these questions because a new book, a darker

wilderness, black nature writing from soil to stars, does a lot of this work for us.

It's an anthology of writing about the personal effects of nature on a constellation of

luminary writers, and about the role of nature in the lives of black folks in the United States.

Black folks living today and living in centuries past.

The sun and moon and stars and soil are all still there in the rivers and trees and mountains

and valleys, but the people in those places are different.

It's going on in their minds.

And how does it help us understand our own relationship to nature and each other?

We'll talk to Aaron Sharky, the editor of A Darker Wilderness Today on the History of

Literature.

Hello, hello, hello, welcome to the podcast everyone.

I'm looking forward to talking to you today, and I hope you're looking forward to listening.

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