Janisse Ray
 Writer, naturalist, and activist Janisse Ray is a seed-saver, seed-exchanger, and seed-banker, and has gardened for twenty-five years. She is the author of several books, including Pinhook and Ecology of a Cracker Childhood, a New York Times Notable Book. Ray is on the faculty of Chatham University's low-residency MFA program, and is a Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow. She has won a Southern Booksellers Award for Poetry, a Southeastern Booksellers Award for Nonfiction, an American Book Award, the Southern Environmental Law Center Award for Outstanding Writing, and a Southern Book Critics Circle Award. She attempts to live a simple, sustainable life on a farm in southern Georgia with her husband, Raven Waters.
Photo: Raven Waters
Janisse's Upcoming Events
- Janisse Ray at Moultrie-Colquitt County Public Library
Moultrie-Colquitt County Public Library, Moultrie GA August 10, 2012, 6:30 pmJanisse will discuss her new book, "The Seed Underground," on August 10 at the Moultrie-Colquitt County Public Library. The event will start at 6:30 PM. Books will be available for sale and signing. - Janisse Ray at Peachtree City Classic One for the Book
Peachtree City Library, 201 Willow Bend Road, Peachtree City GA August 17, 2012, 6:30 pmJanisse will discuss her new book, "The Seed Underground" at the Peachtree City Library on August 17. More details to come. Time is tentative. - Janisse Ray at the AJC Decatur Book Festival
AJC Decatur Book Festival, Decatur GA August 31, 2012, 12:00 pmJanisse Ray will present her new book, "The Seed Underground," at the AJC Decatur Book Festival on August 31-September 2. The presentation will be under the festival's environmental track. More details to come... - Janisse Ray at Emory University
Emory University , Atlanta GA September 5, 2012, 12:00 pmJanisse Ray will discuss her new book, "The Seed Underground," at Emory University on September 5. The event is being sponsored by Emory and Georgia Organics. More details to come. - Janisse Ray at Georgia Organics Seeds and Soil Society
The Georgia Trust: Rhodes Hall, Atlanta GA September 6, 2012, 12:00 pmJanisse will speak at an event hosted by the Georgia Organics Seeds and Soil Society. The event will take place on September 6 at Rhodes Hall in Atlanta. More details to come. The time for this event has not yet been finalized. - Janisse Ray at the Master Gardeners Social in Macon
Master Gardeners of Macon, Macon GA September 9, 2012, 12:00 pmJanisse Ray will speak about her new book, "The Seed Underground" at the Master Gardeners of Macon's Social on September 9. More details to come. The time for this event has not yet been finalized.
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Janisse's Books
 Finding Wholeness in a Fragmented LandPinhook: Finding Wholeness in a Fragmented Land is a meditation on our fragmented wilderness, the power of wild places, and the ways we can begin to repair the damage we've done to the land and to ourselves.  A Growing Revolution to Save FoodA journey to the front lines of food sovereignty and the quiet revolution to secure our food supply—one seed at a time.
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