{"product_id":"something-in-the-woods-loves-you-by-jarod-k-anderson","title":"Something in the Woods Loves You by Jarod K Anderson","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn inspiring memoir that explores nature's crucial role in our emotional and mental health, and a \"poignant meditation on surviving the darkest recesses of human nature\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Marginalian\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBats can hear shapes, plants can eat light, and bees can dance maps. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen his life took him to a painfully dark place, the poet behind The CryptoNaturalist, Jarod K. Anderson, found comfort and redemption in these facts and the shift in perspective that comes from paying a new kind of attention to nature.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSomething in the Woods Loves You\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e tells the story of the darkest stretch of a young person's life, and how deliberate and meditative encounters with plants and animals helped him see the light at every turn. Ranging from optimistic contemplations of mortality to appreciations of a single mushroom, Anderson has written a lyrical love letter to the natural world and given us the tools to see it all anew.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Just as the trees make the forest, vulnerability, honesty, and hard-earned wisdom make shimmer Jarod K. Anderson's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSomething in the Woods Loves You\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. At once both delicate and direct, irrepressible and resilient, Anderson's memoir is a stunning debut in the genre.\"-- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmy Butcher, author of Mothertrucker\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Trees are medicine, Jarod Anderson tells us in this vivid memoir, and so are great blue herons, lightning bugs, racoons, mice, bats, and all of the twenty or so wild creatures he celebrates in these pages. They cannot cure his depression, but they can ease it, for they do not judge him or shame him. As they go about their lives, free of the anxiety, ambition, and guilt that often afflict our own species, they inspire the author to imagine how he might live with less pain and more meaning. Readers may find the book a balm for their own aches.\"-- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eScott Russell Sanders, author of The Way of Imagination\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Jarod K. Anderson expresses his struggle with mental health in the beautifully written \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSomething in the Woods Loves You\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, an intimate memoir based on his relationship with the woods near his Delaware County home.\"-- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAkron Beacon Journal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A beautifully written, heartfelt memoir.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePsychology Today\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJarod K. Anderson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a writer, poet, and creator of The CryptoNaturalist Podcast. He has built a large audience of social media followers and podcast listeners with his strange, vibrant appreciations of nature. His books of poems are \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eField Guide to the Haunted Forest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLove Notes from the Hollow Tree\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLeaf Litter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. 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