![]() ![]() ![]() In Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer, a botanist and professor of plant ecology at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, mixes science, botany, Indigenous teachings, and Potawatomi legends with personal memoir to explore the role of plants in Indigenous and Western traditions and to advocate for a more mindful relationship between humans and the natural world. Lerner and Milkweed’s CEO, Daniel Slager, who’ve known each other for about 25 years, began negotiating the rights to the YA edition with a picture book option last year while sitting in front of a firepit in Lerner’s backyard and sipping bourbon. The book is based on Braiding Sweetgrass, originally published in 2013 by Milkweed Editions-its offices are about a mile down Washington Avenue from LPG’s offices. It might be more specifically called an “only in Minneapolis publishing” story. It’s a “total Minneapolis story,” said Lerner Publishing Group CEO Adam Lerner about the events leading up to the fall release of the YA edition of Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants. ![]()
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