094 How I Became a Tree by Sumana Roy

New Cultural Languages, Literary Trees, and Loving Houseplants

How I Became a Tree by Sumana Roy really spoke to Julia and Victoria’s exhaustion with productivity, their love for their houseplants, and their ever-growing need to run away to the woods. Plus: a few tips and suggestions for reading books outside of your cultural context.

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Mentioned in this episode:

• Pachinko series on Apple TV+

• Book Club minisode on Academic Writing

• Everyone You Hate Is Going to Die by Daniel Sloss

• Hannah Gadsby’s stand-up special Douglas

• Ologies podcast episode Carnivorous Phytobiology (MEAT-EATING PLANTS) with Hali’a Eastburn

• American Girl historical fiction books

• The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien

• Book Club episode on Interpreter of Maladies

Recommendations:

• The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery

• The Mushroom at the End of the World by Anna Tsing

• Completely Arbortrary podcast

• Ologies podcast episode Indigenous Fire Ecology (GOOD FIRE) with Amy Christianson

• The poetry of Rabindranath Tagore

• Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri

Currently Obsessed:

• Season 3 of My Brilliant Friend on HBO

• Motomami album by Rosalia

• Multitude album by Stromae

• Lizzo’s Watch Out For The Big Grrrls on Amazon Prime

• Free Form Mixtape album by Dizzy Fae