The I Index

Soil and Spirit: Cultivation and Kinship in the Web of Life

Bottom of the pile

19

/100

I Index Overall Rating

Readers

21/100

Critics

17/100

Scholars

N/A

Author:

Scott Chaskey

Publisher:

Milkweed Editions

Date:

May 9, 2023

In this collection of essays, Scott Chaskey explores the evolution of his perspective as a farmer and as a poet.

What The Reviewers Say

Pamela Miller,
The Minneapolis Star-Tribune
Deeply and thoughtfully, it explores the "ancient theme" of how human beings fit into the great web of life.
Rachel Jagareski,
Foreword Reviews
Elegant and spirited.
Jenny Liou,
Los Angeles Review of Books
For all the loveliness of the agricultural and literary practices Chaskey surveys, Soil and Spirit sometimes risks appropriating the sentimental aesthetics of the places he visits. In this, Chaskey risks missing the political and cultural nuances constituent to a local and specific sense of place.