PRAIRIE: Reflections from the Tallgrass Landscape, 2026

Conceived during a residency at the Ragdale Foundation and realized over a period of 3 years, PRAIRIE is an unapologetic love letter to an overlooked Midwestern landscape. Beginning with a musing about the glacial movement that created the topography, the book is a collection of poems, rose, journal entries, and other ponderings that explore the soil, root systems, plant life, destruction, and restoration of the tall grass landscape. Two maps, a song chart of select birds, a packet of seeds from prairie plants, and four samples of natural dyes from an oak savanna are also included in the book. Four deluxe copies include 9 handmade paper samples made by Andrea Peterson using plant material from the author’s pocket prairie and Peterson’s farm, The book acknowledges the prairie’s first inhabitants who nurtured the land and lived well upon it, and to those who now work to eradicate invasive species, plant native grasses, and restore prairie habitats. PRAIRIE will be of interest to readers who understand the quiet beauty of the Midwest and other similar glaciated areas of the country.

Designed and letterpress printed by Martha Chiplis in Goudy Old Style on BK text made by Andrea Peterson, the completed book was sewn and bound into a hard case by the author. 43 pages, 6.25” x 8.75”. Deluxe copies numbered 1-4 are presented in a drop spine box and are offered at $800 per copy. Copies 5-40 are enclosed in a slipcase made of BK cover and are offered at $500.