Bay City Books: “Why We Need to Be Wild” and other new books from Bay Area Authors – August 2023
Tess Taylor, an avid gardener and acclaimed poet, lives in El Cerrito, where she tends to fruit trees and backyard chickens.
As editor of “Leaning toward Light”, Taylor has brought together a diverse range of voices to celebrate the natural world and the human connection to it. Some of the contributors include Ross Gay, Jericho Brown, Mark Doty, Jane Hirshfield, Ada Limón, Danusha Laméris, Naomi Shihab Nye, Garrett Hongo, Ellen Bass, and James Crews.