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'Soil' weaves together a poet's experience of gardening, race and community

NPR's Book of the Day

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The story of a Black Mother's Garden is at the heart of poet Camille Dunge's new book, Soil. She spoke about it recently with NPR's Melissa Block and touched on all the ways that the natural world shape and are shaped by things that you might not think about. And in writing about her own connection to nature, Dunge is doing something utterly poetic - making space for others to do the same.

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