Author event with Margaret Renkl for LEAF, CLOUD, CROW – Nashville, TN

Parnassus Books and The Porch are pleased to present an evening with Margaret Renkl, in conversation with Katie McDougall, as they discuss journaling and Margaret’s new book, Leaf, Cloud, Crow: A Weekly Backyard Journal.

This ticketed event will begin at 6:30 PM on Tuesday, October 29th, at Parnassus Books, 3900 Hillsboro Pk, suite 14, Nashville, TN.

Ticketing:

$26.50 ticket includes one general admission seat and one signed copy of Leaf, Cloud, Crow: A Weekly Backyard Journal.

Additional copies of Leaf, Cloud, Crow and other books by Margaret Renkl, will be available for sale at the event while supplies last.

There will be a signing line following the event where Margaret will personalize books.

Parking:

There is ample, free parking in front of the store, as well as the lot and garage behind the store.

About the book:

A beautifully illustrated journal to guide your observations of nature wherever you find it–in gardens and yards, city parks and vacant lots, or the sky–enhanced by inspiring prompts and the wisdom of beloved and bestselling author Margaret Renkl.

In The Comfort of Crows, Renkl’s account of a year in her Nashville backyard, readers encountered birds and wildflowers, foxes and stately oaks, and all the surprises and joys to be found if only we pay attention to the world around us. This journal will help you engage–closely and thoughtfully–with nearby nature. Renkl illuminates the turning days, weeks, and seasons, and offers prompts to help you chronicle and care for the rich life surrounding you: What do the bare branches of winter allow you to see? How does summer’s abundance provide for different wild animals–and can you find the abundance in your own life? What changes have you noticed in the natural habitats near you, not just from month to month, but from year to year?

The perfect contemplative companion and gift for any gardener, outdoors enthusiast, birder, or budding naturalist, Leaf, Cloud, Crow will help readers and writers alike grow more attuned to all the “radiant things bursting forth in the darkest places, in the smallest nooks and deepest cracks of the hidden world.”

About the author:

Margaret Renkl is the author of The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year, Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss, and Graceland, At Last: Notes on Hope and Heartache From the American South. She is a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times, where her essays appear weekly. The founding editor of Chapter 16, a daily literary publication of Humanities Tennessee, and a graduate of Auburn University and the University of South Carolina, she lives in Nashville.

About Katie McDougall:

Katie McDougall is the Co-Founder, Co-Director, and an instructor at The Porch, Nashville’s nonprofit center for writing whose mission is to inspire, educate, and connect writers and readers of all ages and stages through classes and literary events.

Prior to The Porch, Katie spent fifteen years as a high school English teacher in Colorado, Nashville, and The Bahamas. Her short stories and essays have appeared in Hippocampus, Litmosphere, Chaper16, and others. When not at her desk, she can be found on the trails of Nashville and Sewanee with her Golden Retriever, Homer.