![]() ![]() ![]() One: gardens are spaces of rejuvenation and regeneration, and peace. There are two reasons I think that gardens are important for people who have a vested interest in the way we treat other people and this planet. So the definition of what a “political person” is, is very big. Tess Taylor: In this book, one of the first things that you say that just knocked my socks off was “whether in a plot in a yard or pots in a window, every politically engaged person should have a garden.” Can you say more about what you mean by that?Ĭamilly Dungy: What I mean by “politically engaged person” is any person with a vested interest in the way that we treat others and this planet. This interview has been lightly edited and condensed for clarity. ![]() We talked together about the implications of gardening as a political and social act. In “Soil,” Dungy recounts taking a grass and rockscape lawn in a suburban neighborhood and transforming it into an ecosystem for birds, bugs, rabbits and native plants. Dungy, whose honors include an Academy of American Poets Fellowship and a Guggenheim, is the author of four books of poetry and another book of essays. This spring I was also companioned by “ Soil: The Story of a Black Mother’s Garden” - Camille Dungy’s provocative, thoughtful and lush book about native plants, diversity and the roots we put down to make a home. ![]()
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