Braiding Sweetgrass

by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Braiding Sweetgrass: Genre 1 key example

Genre
Explanation and Analysis:

In some ways, Braiding Sweetgrass is a genre unto itself. It can be classified most broadly as nonfiction nature writing because its main focus is providing information and ideas about the natural world. Like many nonfiction books, it has elements of an academic book. Kimmerer is an academically trained scientist, so it is natural that her book has a thesis, an argument, and evidence that she marshals in support of that argument. At the same time, the book is pitched to a broader audience than most academic books and ventures outside the traditional strictures of academic science writing.