must read: ‘late migrations,’ with margaret renkl

IN HER RECENT BOOK “Late Migrations,” and also in big letters displayed across the homepage of her website, “New York Times” contributing opinion columnist Margaret Renkl reminds herself and her readers where to focus their attention.

“Every day, the world is teaching me what I need to know to be in the world,” she writes.

Margaret Renkl—gardener, lifelong student of nature, and writer—lives and gardens in Nashville, Tennessee. Each Monday, her opinion column appears in “The New York Times,” billed under the loose rubric “Flora, fauna, politics and culture in the American South,” and covering topics as diverse as hummingbird migration and the recent dire assessment of bird population decline, to capital punishment, and even country music. Since reading her book not long ago, I couldn’t wait to tell all you readers and podcast listeners about “Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss” (affiliate link).

Margaret and I talked about our connections to nature, about the way we garden, and more.

Read along as you listen to the November 4, 2019 edition of my public-radio show and podcast using the player below. You can subscribe to all future editions on iTunes or Spotify or Stitcher (and browse my archive of podcasts here).

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‘late migrations,’ with margaret renkl

Margaret Renkl: Thank you for that kind introduction.

Margaret Roach: Oh, well, I love the book very much. I suppose that doesn’t sound very objective or whatever, to say that, but boy, it’s a wonderful book. And we’ll talk about it.

But before we get to the book proper, since we’re among an audience of gardeners, I wanted everyone to meet Margaret Renkl, the gardener, kind of in her

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