Tucson Festival of Books

Workshop: Searching for Solitude


The poet Rilke exhorted writers to cultivate a great solitude. In this session, Pryanka Kumar will reveal where to find solitude in a tech-saturated age.


Panelist
Priyanka Kumar

Priyanka Kumar is an acclaimed naturalist and author of "Conversations with Birds," a landmark book that could help people rewild their hearts and souls, according to Psychology Today. Kumar’s newest work "The Light Between Apple Trees: Rediscovering the Wild through a Beloved American Fruit" has been called environmental writing at its best....

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Books:
The Light Between Apple Trees
Rediscovering the Wild Through a Beloved American Fruit
Priyanka Kumar
Nature / Environment
Island Press
September 2025
ISBN 9781642833638
252 pages
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Conversations with Birds
Priyanka Kumar
Nature / Environment
Milkweed Editions
September 2023
ISBN 9781639550807
304 pages
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