A review by bookishends
We Are Each Other's Harvest: Celebrating African American Farmers, Land, and Legacy by Natalie Baszile

4.5

I had no idea going into this book that I was going to become so enamored with it, but it truly made me more passionate about getting my own land and reconnecting with my roots. 

I loved reading the wisdom different farmers had to give throughout the book and seeing the differences in experiences for those who grew up farming or had family farming with them versus those who set out on a new path with little resources or help. 

The only parts of the book that didn’t always resonate with me were the poems, and occasionally I found some of the intricacies of the loan history going over my head, but that reinforced how much the system was meant to confuse Black people and keep them from accessing the help they needed. 

I would definitely recommend this book so that Black people can get an understanding of all that’s been taken from us and continues to be taken from us but also to see the hope and perseverance happening in spite of that. 

And though I had never read anything by Baszile before, I’m interested in picking up Queen Sugar now since some of the story and making of the book and show was detailed in this anthology.