Camille Dungy

Author of SOIL: The Story of a Black Mother's Garden

America, A Love Story

The Best Books of Spring 2026
The Best Books of Spring 2026
America, A Love Story – Wesleyan UP, Preorder Now
America, A Love Story – Wesleyan UP, Preorder Now
Veronica Corpuz: How to love America when it doesn’t always love you back | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Veronica Corpuz: How to love America when it doesn’t always love you back | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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Interviews, Reviews, Podcasts, & Publications

All About SOIL

Order the paperback of Soil!
Order the paperback of Soil!
Bookpage review of Soil by Camille Dungy
Bookpage review of Soil by Camille Dungy
SOIL featured in NOCOStyle.com
SOIL featured in NOCOStyle.com
SOIL on CNN!!!
SOIL on CNN!!!
Living on Earth: Soil: The Story of a Black Mother's Garden
Living on Earth: Soil: The Story of a Black Mother's Garden
SOIL gets some love in Sarasota, Florida!
SOIL gets some love in Sarasota, Florida!
SOIL included as one of 62 Books By Women of Color to Read in 2023 - Electric Literature
SOIL included as one of 62 Books By Women of Color to Read in 2023 - Electric Literature
The Atlantic features an excerpt/adaptation from SOIL
The Atlantic features an excerpt/adaptation from SOIL
SOIL on Goodreads New & Upcoming Books by Black Authors list
SOIL on Goodreads New & Upcoming Books by Black Authors list
Soil gets a lovely review in Publisher's Weekly!
Soil gets a lovely review in Publisher's Weekly!
On the Commons Substack w/ SOIL
On the Commons Substack w/ SOIL
Black Joy features SOIL!
Black Joy features SOIL!
New LitHub review
New LitHub review
A New Environmental Canon | SOIL in the NY Review of Books
A New Environmental Canon | SOIL in the NY Review of Books

Recent Publications

Losing Language, essay
Camille Dungy in The New Yorker!
New Poem on The Rumpus
Camille on Poem-a-Day
Camille's mini-essay in the Guernica special issue on DIRT
New poem from Camille online at Emergence
Dirt: A Love Story, Orion Magazine
Camille's poem on Verse Daily
New poem in The Nation
New poem in The Nation

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