Robin Wall Kimmerer on reading for âthe richness of the gifts around youâ By Amy Sutherland Globe Correspondent,Updated December 17, 2020, 3:53 p.m. Email to a Friend Robin Wall Kimmerer.Dale Kakkak (Custom credit) Earlier this year Robin Wall Kimmererâs essay collection âBraiding Sweetgrassâ climbed onto The New York Times bestseller list seven years after its publication. In her award-winning book, Kimmerer mixes her knowledge as a botanist and as a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation to explore the natural worldâs many gifts, gifts we often overlook. Kimmerer is a professor of environmental science and forestry at the State University of New York, Syracuse.