Gathering Moss

Gathering Moss is a series of linked personal essays that invite readers to explore and learn from the elegantly simple lives of mosses.

Robin Wall Kimmerer explains the biology of mosses clearly and artfully, while reflecting on what these organisms have to teach us.

Drawing on her diverse experiences as a scientist, mother, teacher, and writer of Native American heritage, Kimmerer explains the stories of mosses in both scientific terms and the framework of indigenous ways of knowing.

The book serves as a powerful metaphor for ways of living in the world, appealing to a wide range of readers from bryologists to those interested in natural history and the environment.