World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments African American Demographic Studies unless the trials kill her

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World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments African American Demographic Studies unless the trials kill herFrom beloved, award winning poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil comes a debut work of nonfictiona collection of essays about the natural world, and the way its inhabitants can teach, support, and inspire us. As a child, Nezhukumatathil called many places home: the grounds of a Kansas mental institution, where her Filipina mother was a doctor; the open skies and tall mountains of Arizona, where she hiked with her Indian father; and the chillier climes of