Selections from what customers at Root & Press are reading

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"Black Earth Wisdom: Soulful Conversations with Black Environmentalists," by Leah Penniman
"Black Earth Wisdom: Soulful Conversations with Black Environmentalists," by Leah Penniman
"American Metaphysical Religion: Esoteric and Mystical Traditions of the New World," by Ronnie Pontiac
"American Metaphysical Religion: Esoteric and Mystical Traditions of the New World," by Ronnie Pontiac

Each week, we'll be asking local bookstores what their customers have been picking up in the preceding month. Some of them will be best-seller lists, others will be lists of some of the more interesting selections, but all of them are a representation of What Worcester's Reading. This week's featured store is Root & Press.

1. "Black Earth Wisdom: Soulful Conversations with Black Environmentalists," by Leah Penniman (Amistad Press)

2. "The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma, by Bessel van der Kolk (Penguin Books)

3. "Stone Blind," by Natalie Haynes (Harper)

4. "Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock," by Jenny Odell (Random House)

5. "Things We Hide from the Light," by Lucy Score (Bloom Books)

6. "Braiding Sweetgrass," by Robin Wall Kimmerer (Milkweed Editions)

7. "All About Love: New Visions," by Bell Hooks (William Morrow & Company)

8. "South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation," Imani Perry (Ecco Press)

9. "Ordinary Monsters," by J M Miro, J M (Flatiron Books)

10. "American Metaphysical Religion: Esoteric and Mystical Traditions of the New World," by Ronnie Pontiac (Inner Traditions International)

Root & Press Café and Books is located at 623 Chandler St., Worcester. For more information, visit the store's website at https://rootandpress.com.

This article originally appeared on Telegram & Gazette: What Worcester's Reading: Root & Press