with Luce Irigaray

powerful work that laid the literary foundations for nature-as-memoir

Eva Simone Hayward

evaporate and are able to traverse and appear in different states

requiring dedicated spaces at impossible scales

The Botanical City - Jovis Edition Paul Gilroy with Luce IrigarayRoadside "weeds" and other routinely overlooked aspects to urban nature provide a fascinating glimpse into complex global ecologies and new cultures of nature emerging across the world. This unique collection of essays explores the botanical dimensions of urban space, ranging from scientific efforts to understand the distinctive dynamics of urban flora to the way spontaneous vegetation has inspired artists and writers. The book comprises five thematic