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Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian is the curator of mycology at the New York State Museum, as well as faculty with the Bard Prison Initiative. Kaishian earned her PhD from SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. She lives in the Hudson Valley.
""A full-throated celebration of the diversity of the natural world that encourages readers, regardless of how they may identify, to reconsider their place in it . . . Blending her own personal history growing up in New York's Hudson Valley with insightful science writing, [Kaishian] takes a deep dive into some of nature's overlooked yet rather ubiquitous non-heteronormative wonders.""-Time, ""The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025"" ""A fascinating book that celebrates difference in unexpected ways . . . Kaishian makes a powerful case for trying to understand nature without the artificial binaries and hierarchies of human societies.""--The Washington Post ""If nothing has compared to reading Braiding Sweetgrass or if you're looking for something to broaden your understanding of and deepen your love for the world, this is the book you've been waiting for. It's a perfect book for our fractured, difficult times.""--USA Today ""Kaishian's combination of science writing and memoir helps connect concepts of gender, sexuality and neurodiversity to the varied world of plants and animals, bringing a level of joy and wonder to both human and nonhuman experiences often maligned as 'other'. . . . In asking 'What kinds of knowledge can flourish when we celebrate queerness?' Forest Euphoria brings the spirit of Pride to the study of nature.""--The Seattle Times ""Forest Euphoria pulses with vitality, in the wondrous beings we encounter and Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian's vivid storytelling. I'm in awe of her ability to interweave the little-known lives of slugs and fungi with memoir and social movements, so that every page broadens one's vision. Her expansive view of life provides an antidote to the loneliness of our species.""--Robin Wall Kimmerer, New York Times bestselling author of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants ""Forest Euphoria is a gorgeous celebration of the fact that, when you give your heart to Science, it rewards you with a glimpse of something profound and beautiful.""--Hope Jahren, New York Times bestselling author of Lab Girl and The Story of More ""Just as nature resists easy categorization, so does this gem of a book. It is a heartfelt memoir. It is a lyrical feat of science writing. Perhaps above all else, it is a love letter to the messy, wondrous, complicated, binary-defying nature of the natural world--and, within it, us. I loved it.""--Ed Yong, New York Times bestselling author of An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms around Us ""An expansive, vividly-told science memoir that celebrates nature's unsung little slimy guys (eels, slugs, fungi) alongside expanded concepts of queerness and neurodiversity. Kaishian finds belonging and connection in the natural world, and in the telling, leaves the reader with more to love. If you liked Robin Wall Kimmerer's Braiding Sweetgrass, this book is for you.""--Orion ""By revealing how the natural order of the world very often rejects the rigidity imposed by heteronormativity . . . Forest Euphoria stunningly illustrates what lessons we might be able to glean about queerness from wildlife.""--Harper's Bazaar, ""The 25 Best Books Coming Out This Spring"" ""At a time when both science and the planet are under attack, Forest Euphoria offers a vision of the sciences as a space of refuge and imagination . . . and tenderly draws connections between ecological and personal discovery.""--
