Ecology of a Cracker Childhood by Janisse Ray

Ecology of a Cracker Childhood by Janisse Ray

A gutsy, wholly original memoir of ragged grace and raw beauty.
--Kirkus Reviews (STARED)

From the memories of a childhood marked by extreme poverty, mental illness, and restrictive fundamentalist Christian rules, Janisse Ray crafted a memoir that has inspired thousands to embrace their beginnings, no matter how humble, and fight for the places they love. This edition, published on the fifteenth anniversary of the original publication, updates and contextualizes the story for a new generation and a wider audience desperately searching for stories of empowerment and hope.

Janisse Ray grew up in a junkyard along U.S. Highway 1, hidden from Florida-bound travelers by hulks of old cars. In language at once colloquial, elegiac, and informative, Ray redeems her home and her people, while also cataloging the source of her childhood hope: the Edenic longleaf pine forests, where orchids grow amid wiregrass at the feet of widely spaced, lofty trees. Today, the forests exist in fragments, cherished and threatened, and the South of her youth is gradually being overtaken by golf courses and suburban development. A contemporary classic, Ecology of a Cracker Childhood is a clarion call to protect the cultures and ecologies of every childhood.

JANISSE RAY is the best-selling author of Ecology of a Cracker Childhood and The Seed Underground: A Rising Movement to Preserve Food. She is also the coeditor of Between Two Rivers: Tales from the Red Hills to the Gulf and the author of A House of Branches, a poetry book. She previously taught in the Chatham University Low-Residency MFA in Creative Writing program. She is currently a visiting professor and writer-in-residence at a number of institutions and colleges across the United States. She gives talks all across the country about nature, agriculture, seeds, wildness, sustainability, writing, and wholeness politics. She lives in Reidsville, Georgia's Altamaha Community.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781571312471
ISBN 10	1571312471
Title	Ecology of a Cracker Childhood
Author	Janisse Ray
Series	World As Home
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Milkweed Editions
Year published	2000-07-28
Number of pages	224
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.