Journey with an arctic explorer, mycologist, outsider akin to Thoreau with these two volumes by Lawrence Millman. Winning Bidder is invited to attend Millman’s upcoming book talk on April 11 at Thoreau Farm, to pick up their book bundle, meet Larry, and have him inscribe the books for you! 

Outsider : My Boyhood with Thoreau

Illustrated by Geoff Halverson

Publication Date: March 26, 2024 

Outsider: My Boyhood with Thoreau is a memoir told in vignettes by the mycologist and author Lawrence Millman. Early on, Millman found in Thoreau a kindred spirit, far outside of the mainstream social, sporting, and educational interests he was expected to be cultivating. And like Thoreau, he would rather be out-of-doors — where he could socialize with mushrooms, insects, or earthworms — than stuck in any indoor locale.

Goodbye, Ice: Arctic Poems

Published: September 15, 2020

Unlike most books of poems nowadays, Goodbye, Ice by Lawrence Millman has a strong ecological bias. The book offers a window on the natural world of the Arctic and its tradition-bound indigenous people. Climate change, inevitably, raises its ugly head in many of the poems, but the book itself is a lament not just for the loss of ice, but for the loss of the Arctic itself.

More details on Lawrence Millman’s upcoming program at Thoreau Farm here: https://thoreaufarm.org/outsider/

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