Seattle Reads 2025: Selected Further Reading for "You Are Here"Like this list

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• You Are Here

  Poetry in the Natural World

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  You Are Here celebrates our deep connection with the natural world and the collective power of poetry. The anthology features 50 American poets observing and reflecting on their place in the natural world.

• I Sing the Salmon Home

  Poems From Washington State

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  Salmon are a keystone species in the Pacific Northwest, and Priest, a member of the Lhaq’temish (Lummi) Nation, chose to honor them by compiling this anthology during her tenure as the Washington State Poet Laureate.

• Living Nations, Living Words

  An Anthology of First Peoples Poetry

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  This collection of works by contemporary Indigenous poets includes poems by local authors Laura Da’ and Cedar Sigo, whose work is also featured in You Are Here.

• The Lost Spells

  Macfarlane, Robert, 1976-

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  Poet MacFarlane and illustrator Morris collaborated on this evocative collection of poems and watercolors that vividly portray common flora and fauna in their native England.

• This One We Call Ours

  Silano, Martha

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  In these moving poems, Seattle-based poet Silano describes the catastrophic effects of climate change on her environment and exhorts her fellow humans to protect the natural world around them.

• When We Only Have the Earth

  Quand on N'a Que La Terre

  Waberi, Abdourahman A., 1965-

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  In his most recent collection, French-Djiboutian poet Waberi celebrates the planet and its creatures, and encourages readers to join the collective fight to save the natural world from degradation.

• Don't Read Poetry

  a Book About How to Read Poems

  Burt, Stephanie, 1971-

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  This thoughtful and accessible guide provides an excellent introduction to a literary form that can be daunting to many. Whether you’re a new poetry reader or a long-time fan, Burt’s book will help you appreciate the poems in You Are Here on a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Cascadia Field Guide

  Art, Ecology, Poetry

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  Juxtaposing natural history with poetry, prose and art from over 100 Pacific Northwest creators, this wide-ranging anthology offers a unique guide to the Cascadia bioregion and its plants, animals and geography.

• The Serviceberry

  Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World

  Kimmerer, Robin Wall, 1953-

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  In this slim, contemplative volume, Potawatomi botanist and author Kimmerer offers an alternative vision for our relationships to each other and the natural world inspired by the Serviceberry tree and its abundant gifts.

• Vanishing Treasures

  a Bestiary of Extraordinary Endangered Creatures

  Rundell, Katherine

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  From sea horses to pangolins to raccoons, Rundell illuminates the marvelous qualities of 23 species that are threatened or facing extinction. Her short, poignant essays on these animals quietly underscore the magnitude of their potential loss.

• The Light Eaters

  How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth

  Schlanger, Zoë

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  Drawing on the latest botanical research, science writer Schlanger explores the complex and incredible strategies that plants have developed in order to adapt and survive on this planet. This work challenges our conceptions of consciousness and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Open Throat

  Hoke, Henry, 1983-

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  In this imaginative and melancholy novella, a queer mountain lion lives a precarious existence under the Hollywood sign, observing the puzzling behaviors of the humans of el lay, aka Los Angeles.

• Migrations

  McConaghy, Charlotte

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  In a near-future ravaged by climate change, Franny Stone, a passionate but troubled environmentalist, convinces a fishing boat captain to help her track the last remaining flock of Arctic terns on their flight home.

• The Overstory

  a Novel

  Powers, Richard, 1957-

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  Trees – and the desire to save them from destruction – connect the lives of nine characters from very different walks of life in Powers’ sweeping novel of ecological activism.

• Pink Slime

  a Novel

  Trías, Fernanda, 1976-

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  Toxic red algae is the source of a devastating epidemic in this bleak but lyrically written dystopian novel from Uruguayan author Trías.

• The Seed Keeper

  a Novel

  Wilson, Diane, 1954-

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  Returning to her family’s homeland after the death of her husband, a Dakota woman finds solace by reconnecting with the seeds and soil of her people in this atmospheric and thought-provoking novel.

• The Words in My Hands

  Asphyxia (Novelist)

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  In a dystopian world where people’s relationships to nature have been severed, a deaf teen builds their own relationship to the natural world through gardening.

• Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults

  Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

  Kimmerer, Robin Wall, 1953-

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  Adapted by Monique Gray Smith with illustrations from Nicole Neidhardt, Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults explores our reciprocal relationship with the earth through sharing Indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge and lessons from the plant…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Snake Falls to Earth

  Little Badger, Darcie, 1987-

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  A teen Lipan Apache girl from our world and a cottonmouth snake from the Reflecting World are brought together by environmental change and centuries of family ties.

• Poems to Live Your Life by

  Riddell, Chris

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  Artist and writer Chris Riddell has curated a lovely illustrated collection that will sustain readers as they grow up. The book includes works from both famous and lesser-known poets -- from selections of Shakespeare's plays and sonnets to lyrics to…Read moreRead more of this annotation