A review by thndrkat
American Wildflowers: A Literary Field Guide by Leanne Shapton, Susan Barba

Did not finish book. Stopped at 30%.

Anthologies such as this are hard for me to read cover-to-cover because the tone and emotions of the individual pieces are so different. This collection is academic and intellectual in form and structure, without as a whole conveying much of the joy and wonder I associate with wildflowers. The art, which depicts pressed flowers instead of live ones, is pretty but feels removed and almost clinical. I would describe this as an herbarium instead of a field guide.