Cover Photo: Photograph by  Luis Del Río Camacho/Unsplash
Photograph by Luis Del Río Camacho/Unsplash

How Trees Complicate Our Understanding of Gender

A few years ago, the UK’s oldest tree, a Yew that had spent thousands of years in the appearance of maleness, began to grow female berries.

which explores human connections with trees through history, folklore, science,  and a queer feminist lens. 

Tree WisdomThe Illustrated Encyclopedia of Trees

 Miranda Schmidt is a writer, editor, and teacher whose work has appeared in TriQuarterly, The Collagist, Electric Literature, Orion, Phoebe, and other journals. Read more at mirandaschmidt.com and @mirandarschmidt