Places for the Spirit: Traditional African American Gardens

"A collection of over 80 documentary photographs of African American gardens and their creators in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina. Includes a foreword by Hilton Als. The gardens' design and meanings can be traced to gardens of American slaves and further back to their African heritage"--Provided by publisher.


Lowry Pei is the author of three novels, including Family Resemblances , and numerous stories and reviews in publications such as the New York Times , the Boston Review , and the Modern Language Quarterly . He teaches at Simmons College and lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.