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Davis Enterprise | UC Davis Arts & Entertainment | YoloArts | Visit Yolo
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Author Event: M. Kat Anderson
M. Kat Anderson @ The Avid Reader
Thursday Sep 3rd, 2026 | 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
About the Book – I Sing to the Earth and She Sings Back
I Sing to the Earth and She Sings Back provides readers with practical, grounded tools for reclaiming earth-based wisdom. Each chapter explores a distinct pathway to intimacy with nature: slowing down to reimagine time; reawakening childlike wonder; seeing the sentience of other life forms; practicing reciprocity and partnership; attuning to seasonal and lunar cycles; and more. Throughout, M. Kat Anderson shares deep personal stories of her own quest to heal a sense of disconnection from the earth. As a non-Native author who has collaborated with California Indigenous elders for decades, she offers a perspective shaped by humility, curiosity, and a commitment to respectful engagement. In a voice both scholarly and soulful, she opens a door for non-Native readers seeking authentic belonging to nature without cultural appropriation.
About the Author
M. Kat Anderson is an ethnoecologist, writer, gardener, and gatherer dedicated to restoring relationships between people and native ecosystems. With a Ph.D. in Wildland Resource Science from UC Berkeley, she has spent over 25 years learning from Native American communities, integrating Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) with Western science. As the author of Tending the Wild, she highlights indigenous stewardship practices essential for biodiversity, climate resilience, and cultural restoration. Her latest work, I Sing to the Earth and She Sings Back, explores how we can reimagine time, embrace reciprocity, and cultivate deep, healing relationships with the natural world through essays that examine the cyclical rhythms of life, the intelligence of other beings, and the wisdom of holistic perception.