For reasons that elude me, the Kindle version of The Beekeeper’s Lament is on sale for $1.99. For a limited time only, though I don’t know what that time is!
Either way, if you’ve been meaning to read the book but haven’t gotten around to it, here’s your chance!
In September – on my birthday no less – I delivered a talk about bees, myths, babies, preconceptions, and swarm journalism to 1800 people at TEDxBoulder. Read more
Every once in a while, I take a break from more serious literary pursuits, like, um, reading up on the K. Stew and R. Patz and Googling myself, to write about something purely fun. Last year I journeyed down to El Salvador, in hopes of learning whether everything my husband taught me about surfing is wrong and whether women really do learn better from women. Read more
Last week I did a quick Q&A with the folks at the Boulder TEDx conference, at which I’ll be speaking this Sat., Sept 22. We spoke (well, emailed) about writing, and being reviewed, and how we find ideas and inspiration. And also, about how I’m good with splinters: Read more
Come see a really stimulating batch of speakers at the TEDx conference in Boulder Sept, 22, 5-9 at Macky Auditorium on the CU Campus.
I’ll be talking about the troubling state of environmental narrative.
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A Q&A with book blogger Mark Stevens on bees, poetry, history, agriculture, and the art of lamenting
Last week, book-blogger and mystery-writer Mark Stevens asked me to sit down for a Q&A about The Beekeeper’s Lament. Read more
Boingboing.net, the fabulous tech and science site, recently asked me to weigh in on the recent studies linking Colony Collapse Disorder to neonicotinoid pesticides, and after poking around a bit, I was, frankly, astonished at how poorly the subject has been covered in the media. Read more
Good news! The Beekeeper’s Lament has been chosen as a Colorado Book Awards Finalist in the General Nonfiction Category. Read more
Each year the awesome literary blog The Millions asks a diverse collection of writers to weigh in on their reading lists from the previous twelve months. This year they asked me, and here’s how I responded, below: Read more
Honey has always been a revelation to me–this magic elixir, made by bees!–but my travels with beekeeper John Miller have taken my affection for the stuff to a new level. On my first visit to Miller in California, he sent me home with four jars: one of California yellow star thistle, his favorite; one of black button sage, a California classic; a jar of manzanita honey and a jar of clover.
