Ripple Aliza Layne The 85-year-old paterfamilias of queer

The 85-year-old paterfamilias of queer literature (New York Times) recounts the sixty-plus years of sexual escapades that have inspired his many masterpieces

and a rich repository of memories and deliciousness

Readers follow a child who is so shy she doesn't speak -- but with the encouragement of an enchanting and magical teacher

there's not just a recipe

Ripple Aliza Layne The 85-year-old paterfamilias of queerRipple: An Intimate Exchange of Urgency and Hope Between An Ecologist and His Daughter is a narrative of letters written by an ecologist dad to his daughter upon her coming of age. Drawing upon his personal history, family anecdotes, and shared memories, Powers envisions a path for humanity's reintegration with nature, and a chance to save the life force that runs through all of us. A story of separation has long gripped the human race: that people