Jarod K. Anderson, author of Something in the Woods Loves You

Join us for an evening with Jarod K. Anderson, author the GHB bestseller Something in the Woods Loves You, in conversation with Nathan Shuherk.

Jarod K. Anderson is a writer, poet, and creator of The CryptoNaturalist podcast. He has built a large audience of social media followers and podcast listeners with his strange, vibrant appreciations of nature. He is the author of the nature memoir, Something in the Woods Loves You, and his books of poems are Field Guide to the Haunted Forest, Love Notes from the Hollow Tree, and Leaf Litter. He lives in Ohio between a forest and a cemetery.

Nathan Shuherk (@schizophrenicreads) is a book reviewer on social media, an MFA student at Butler University, and currently working on his first book, a memoir about mental illness and the politics of disability.

Praise for Something in the Woods Loves You

“[With] scintillating observations, Something in the Woods Loves You is revelatory…. a lovely, moving memoir of nature writing and mental illness” –Shelf Awareness

"Trees are medicine, Jarod Anderson tells us in this vivid memoir, and so are great blue herons, lightning bugs, racoons, mice, bats, and all of the twenty or so wild creatures he celebrates in these pages. They cannot cure his depression, but they can ease it, for they do not judge him or shame him. As they go about their lives, free of the anxiety, ambition, and guilt that often afflict our own species, they inspire the author to imagine how he might live with less pain and more meaning. Readers may find the book a balm for their own aches." –Scott Russell Sanders, author of The Way of Imagination

"Something in the Woods Loves You is a marvel of a book, blending unexpected wisdom with occasional whimsy, offering vivid observations of herons, hawks, trillium, and our human search for meaning. Jarod Anderson doesn’t shy away from the pain of mental illness and depression, but his utter honesty and love of the natural world offers all of us a rich, earthy experience of hope." –Dinty W. Moore, author of To Hell With It

"Just as the trees make the forest, vulnerability, honesty, and hard-earned wisdom make shimmer Jarod K. Anderson’s Something in the Woods Loves You. At once both delicate and direct, irrepressible and resilient, Anderson’s memoir is a stunning debut in the genre." –Amy Butcher, author of Mothertrucker

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Golden Hour Books, North College Avenue, Indianapolis, IN, USA, United States