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Sowing seeds of understanding

‘Braiding Sweetgrass’ author to give WSU Common Reading lecture via Zoom

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John D. and Cahterine T. Macarthur Foundation

Robin Wall Kimmerer is a plant ecologist, educator, 2022 MacArthur fellow and author of this year’s WSU Common Reading Program pick.

Author Robin Wall Kimmerer will speak at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 21, via Zoom in a presentation rescheduled from last month.

Kimmerer’s “Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants” is the current Washington State University Common Reading Program book, and her free lecture is for both the WSU community and general public.

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Attendees can submit questions in advance at commonreading.wsu.edu, where the livestream link and session passcode are posted.

Kimmerer, a MacArthur Fellowship recipient, is a plant ecologist, educator and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, headquartered in Shawnee, Okla.

The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at WSU produced a complementary booklet to highlight correlations between works of art on display there and themes found in “Braiding Sweetgrass,” according to information on WSU’s website.

The booklet, “Common Reading Connections,” includes excerpts from student writing, describing ties between topics in the book and artwork. Copies are available at the museum.