Christopher Brown: I'm delighted to share the cover of my new book A Natural History of Empty Lots, now available for preorder—"a genre-bending blend of naturalism, memoir, and social manifesto for rewilding the city, the self, and society." www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/chris...

I'm delighted to share the cover of my new book A Natural History of Empty Lots, now available for preorder—"a genre-bending blend of naturalism, memoir, and social manifesto for rewilding the city, the self, and society." www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/chris...

A Natural History of Empty Lots is the record of my twenty-year experiment exploring, living in and documenting the edgelands where human cities and wild nature collide. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/chris...

A Natural History of Empty Lotswww.hachettebookgroup.com A genre-bending blend of naturalism, memoir, and social manifesto for rewilding the city, the self, and society.A Natural History of Empty Lots is a genre-de...

It’s nature writing, but not by a professional naturalist—I am a dystopian novelist, a lawyer, and a dad whose children helped him rediscover the outdoors without leaving the city. www.bookpeople.com/book/9781643...

The book tries to break through conventional ways we experience and think about nature, starting with language and narrative inversion. It seeks out the wild in landscapes marred by human industry, and finds portals to escape the alienated haze of everyday life: bookshop.org/p/books/a-na...

It's hopeful about our climate future, but provisionally so—documenting the remarkable resilience of nature and finding paths to a greener world we each can help achieve, while reckoning with the incapacity of human power structures to get us there: christopherbrown.com/a-natural-hi...

I was lucky enough to persuade some generous colleagues to read it before the galleys are even ready, including @kellylink.bsky.social:

Fellow rewilding advocate and personal hero Jeff VanderMeer:

this is so exciting!

Thank you!

Sounds amazing. Can't wait to read.

I look forward to reading this. I'm a fan of interstitial spaces. They fascinate me.

Thank you! And glad to know I’m not the only one 🐺🚶🏽🌳

cc @ad-mastro.bsky.social you may be interested in this book!

oh man, i need this yester-goddamn-day

Thank you for all your encouragement along the way! You are already on my list to get an ARC when they are ready

yay! so fuckin' stoked to read it

Looks great! I immediately thought of Chelsea Misa's parking lot reviews, which I adore: www.instagram.com/reel/CzL1YWw...

misa🌸 チェルシー美咲🍬 on Instagram: "thank you all for enjoying parking lots with me❤️ what would you rate this one?? #storytime #fyp #explorepage #japan #japanese"www.instagram.com 300K likes, 2,786 comments - chelsea.misa on November 3, 2023: "thank you all for enjoying parking lots with me❤️ what would you rate this one?? #storytime #..."

Very cool. Congratulations, Chris. Can’t wait to read it.

Thank you!

Congrats, my friend!

Thanks, Rick!

love it. look forward to reading it. I so enjoy your prose.

Thanks, Lance!

Oh that looks amazing!

Thank you!

That @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social blurb! I went to add this immediately to my wishlist and found it there already as “The Secret History of Empty Lots: Field Notes from an American Edgeland” :)

Thank you! The title got tweaked along the way 🙏

Congratulations Chris!

Thank you!

Been looking for something on urban ecology! Will check this out when funds permit.

👀

Brilliant topic, a must-read for me.

Sounds awesome. I just preordered it.

Thank you!

this looks incredible, very excited chris

Thanks, Tim!

This looks wonderful and fascinating. I love seeing nature seeping back into our abandoned urban spaces. Never thought I'd see a book about it.

So excited for this!

Thank you!

Pre-ordered. This looks fantastic.

Oh sweet! It looks great!

Thanks, EJ!

Adding this to my reading list!

Thank you! 🙏

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