Fearless, Sleepless, Deathless
What Fungi Taught Me about Nourishment, Poison, Ecology, Hidden Histories, Zombies, and Black Survival
By Maria Pinto | Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
About the book
Naturalist, forager, and educator Maria Pinto offers a stunning debut book that uncovers strange and beautiful fungal connections between the natural and human worlds. She mingles reportage, research, memoir, and nature writing, touching on topics that range from Black farmers’ domestication of the unforgettable aroma of truffles to the possibility that enslaved people wielded mycological poisons against their enslavers.
Pinto brings a new perspective and a distinctive literary voice to this mix of environmental and lived history, and every page sings with her enthusiasm for the networks in which we are embedded: fungal, ecological, ancestral, and communal. Join her in pursuit of beautiful, perplexing, delicious, and deadly mushrooms as she explores this understudied kingdom’s awe-inspiring diversity and discovers how fungi have been used by people, especially those on the margins, for survival, pleasure, revelation, and revolution.
Editions of Fearless, Sleepless, Deathless
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- ISBN 9781469689791
- EBook
- ISBN 9781469689807
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- ISBN 9781469689814
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Naturalist, forager, and educator Maria Pinto offers a stunning debut book that uncovers strange and beautiful fungal connections between the natural and human worlds. She mingles reportage, research, memoir, and nature writing, touching on topics that range from Black farmers’ domestication of the unforgettable aroma of truffles to the possibility that enslaved people wielded mycological poisons against their enslavers.
Pinto brings a new perspective and a distinctive literary voice to this mix of environmental and lived history, and every page sings with her enthusiasm for the networks in which we are embedded: fungal, ecological, ancestral, and communal. Join her in pursuit of beautiful, perplexing, delicious, and deadly mushrooms as she explores this understudied kingdom’s awe-inspiring diversity and discovers how fungi have been used by people, especially those on the margins, for survival, pleasure, revelation, and revolution.
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What is Fearless, Sleepless, Deathless about?
Naturalist, forager, and educator Maria Pinto offers a stunning debut book that uncovers strange and beautiful fungal connections between the natural and human worlds. She mingles reportage, research, memoir, and nature writing, touching on topics that range from Black farmers’ domestication of the unforgettable aroma of truffles to the possibility that enslaved people wielded mycological poisons against their enslavers.
Pinto brings a new perspective and a distinctive literary voice to this mix of environmental and lived history, and every page sings with her enthusiasm for the networks in which we are embedded: fungal, ecological, ancestral, and communal. Join her in pursuit of beautiful, perplexing, delicious, and deadly mushrooms as she explores this understudied kingdom’s awe-inspiring diversity and discovers how fungi have been used by people, especially those on the margins, for survival, pleasure, revelation, and revolution.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Fearless, Sleepless, Deathless?
Biography, Literature and Literary studies > Biography and non-fiction prose > Essays
Where can I read a sample of Fearless, Sleepless, Deathless?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9781469689791
How long is Fearless, Sleepless, Deathless and how many pages does it have?
Fearless, Sleepless, Deathless has 240 page(s)
Is Fearless, Sleepless, Deathless part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?
Yes it is a part of series Great Circle Books
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Fearless, Sleepless, Deathless?
Maria Pinto
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Fearless, Sleepless, Deathless is available as paperback(ISBN 9781469689791) and ebook(ISBN 9781469689807) and pdf(ISBN 9781469689814)
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