The Botany of Desire

Episode 8

Poor Man's Provence by Rheta Grimsley Johnson

The Wild Trees

Just on a dare, three college students climb a giant redwood and discover a whole ecosystem unknown to man! Booktalk written and performed by Maggie Moran.

MS Autobiographies

Mississippi autobiographies mentioned: Richard Wright’s Black Boy Mildred Topp’s Smile Please Eudora Welty’s One Writer’s Beginnings Anne Moody’s Coming of Age in Mississippi Edward Cohen’s The Peddler’s Grandson Kevin Sessums’ Mississippi Sissy Booktalk written and performed by Maggie Moran.

The Botany of Desire

Michael Pollan's main point in the book is our relationship with plants determines their survival. Through four different examples (apple, tulip, marijuana, and potato) he proves mankind is swayed by sweetness, beauty, intoxication, and control. Booktalk written and performed by Maggie Moran.

Mudbound

This book was the perfect anchor for the 2008 Southern Reading Challenge! Great Read!