{"product_id":"invitation-to-listen-the-poetry-of-plain-air-9798991427951","title":"Invitation to Listen: The Poetry of Plain, Air","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA celebration of the voices of nature and the languages of life, this slim volume delivers both prose and downloadable music. The words of beloved author of \u003ci\u003eBraiding Sweetgrass\u003c\/i\u003e, Robin Wall Kimmerer, prompt us to slow down, listen, and take notice of our surroundings. A side-by-side translation of Kimmerer's text into the Potawatomi language shares what Kimmerer has called the \"grammar of animacy.\" Including access to the album \u003ci\u003ePlain, Air\u003c\/i\u003e, a work of contemporary classical music by acclaimed composer Tonia Ko and performed by Spektral Quartet, this book offers a feast for the senses.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the spirit of a chapbook, this work emerges from a call and response between people and place, between music and text. Amidst the music of \u003ci\u003ePlain, Air\u003c\/i\u003e, Kimmerer's writing invites us to connect with the vibrant world around us: waters coursing through rivers and streams, birds soaring overhead, and crickets calling in our neighborhoods. \u003cb\u003eJustin Neely\u003c\/b\u003e, Potawatomi Language Director for the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, offers Kimmerer's words translated into Potawatomi, the living language of the landscape. The afterword shares a conversation among author \u003cb\u003eRobin Wall Kimmerer\u003c\/b\u003e, composer \u003cb\u003eTonia Ko\u003c\/b\u003e, and musicians from \u003cb\u003eSpektral Quartet\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith pages for listening notes, this field guide-sized book can easily travel with the reader, serving as a tool for wonder and attention. A link inside the book guides readers to the album stream and download. Read and listen with #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author \u003cb\u003eRobin Wall Kimmerer\u003c\/b\u003e, 2018 Guggenheim Fellow and composer \u003cb\u003eTonia Ko\u003c\/b\u003e, and three-time Grammy-nominated \u003cb\u003eSpektral Quartet\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTrue to the intention of a gift economy, Robin Wall Kimmerer has donated first-run royalties of this book to the Center for Humans \u0026amp; Nature to support ecological restoration of the 50 acres of land that the Center calls home. In this place, the Center for Humans \u0026amp; Nature has wholeheartedly accepted Robin's \"Invitation to Listen\" to the land and to care deeply for the land in response.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robin Wall Kimmerer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Humans \u0026amp; Nature Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/17\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.50h x 4.60w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798991427951","brand":"Humans \u0026 Nature Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48950014476425,"sku":"9798991427951","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_3fbde7fa-500e-4cfd-83a0-d71f2f6a7e83.jpg?v=1794299781","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/invitation-to-listen-the-poetry-of-plain-air-9798991427951","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}