She ripped up her manicured lawn and challenged the norms of gardening stories
Camille Dungy leaves the dead stalks of her sunflowers standing for winter interest and the occasional bird visitor. Mickey Capper for NPR "I love a person who talks kindly to plants," poet Camille Dungy writes in her new contemplative memoir. And for sure, Dungy can be counted among those who do exactly that. In Soil: The Story of a Black Mother's Garden, Dungy describes her years-long project to transform her […]