Thu, Nov 10
|Collected Works Bookstore
Priyanka Kumar, Conversations with Birds
Priyanka will be in conversation with editor, publisher Amy Bianco. Growing up in India, Kumar felt connected to the natural world. It was hard to find that in America as an adult-- until she and her husband were invited to go on a bird walk, unlocking that passion once again.
Date, Time & Location
Nov 10, 2022, 6:00 PM MST
Collected Works Bookstore, 202 Galisteo St, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA
About the Event
This will be an in-store presentation and we will also live stream the evening on Zoom, please register to watch here.
Publishing November 8, you can pre-order Conversations with Birds online here or call the store (505) 988-4226.
Priyanka's artwork will hang in CW's gallery for the months of November and December and are available for purchase with all proceeds going directly to her.
“Birds are my almanac. They tune me into the seasons, and into myself.”
So begins this lively collection of essays by acclaimed filmmaker and novelist Priyanka Kumar. Growing up at the feet of the Himalayas in northern India, Kumar took for granted her immersion in a lush natural world. After moving to North America as a teenager, she found herself increasingly distanced from more than human life, and discouraged by the civilization she saw contributing to its destruction. It was only in her twenties, living in…