Books like Casting Deep Shade
Loved Casting Deep Shade by C. D. Wright? Here are 7 books with the same pull, and why each one fits.
About Casting Deep Shade →7 books
- 1The Overstory
The Overstory
Richard PowersA novel that gathers many human lives around trees and their long history, much as this collection gathers voices around beech trees.
- 2Braiding Sweetgrass
Braiding Sweetgrass
Robin Wall KimmererPersonal essays on plants and place that combine close observation with reflection on care and continuity.
- 3The Hidden Life of Trees
The Hidden Life of Trees
Peter WohllebenA nonfiction book on how trees live together, which suits readers interested in the forest as a community.
- 4Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
Annie DillardA close, lyrical study of one place over a year, written with the same attention to small natural detail.
- 5Upstream
Upstream
Mary OliverShort essays on nature, reading and the writer's working life, with a plain and attentive voice.
- 6Be With
Be With
Forrest GanderA poetry collection that moves between the natural world and personal memory with a precise, searching voice.
- 7Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude
Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude
Ross GayShort lyric pieces about small everyday things and the people and places around them.
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