Advanced poetics are at play in this work that is both a tribute to the land and a moving exploration of family ties. The Texas plateau known as the Staked Plain occupies thousands of square miles, and may have a memory just as vast, as... Read More

It all started with a visit to a garden run by local college students; seeing the colorful heirloom tomatoes, Charles Mann planted his own and began pondering how tomatoes are emblematic of New World species that spread around the globe.... Read More