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Common Read 2022: Braiding Sweetgrass

A guide to support the Mount Holyoke Common Read for 2022-23: Braiding Sweetgrass

Praise for Braiding Sweetgrass

Winner of the 2014 Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award given by Northland College in Ashland, WI

New York Times Bestseller
Washington Post Bestseller
Los Angeles Times Bestseller
Named a “Best Essay Collection of the Decade” by Literary Hub
Washington Post “2020 Holiday Gift Guide” Recommendation
Minneapolis Star Tribune “2020 Holiday Book Recommendation”
A Book Riot “Favorite Summer Read of 2020​”
A Food Tank Reading Recommendation for Fall 2020