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@robertmoor.com
essayist, journalist, wandering-around-and-looking-at-stuff-ist
books: On Trails; In Trees.
magazine work: The New Yorker, Outside, NYMag, New York Times Book Review, Emergence, Lapham's Quarterly, n+1, Granta
website: robertmoor.com
books: On Trails; In Trees.
magazine work: The New Yorker, Outside, NYMag, New York Times Book Review, Emergence, Lapham's Quarterly, n+1, Granta
website: robertmoor.com
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@robertmoor.com
· Apr 7
The big day is finally here: My long (long)-awaited book launch!
Sprouting in a cranium near you...
Sprouting in a cranium near you...
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Join @robertmoor.com and me at @mortonarboretum.bsky.social on Oct 19 for a conversation about Robert's new book, In Trees. His book is a fascinating exploration of trees and human arboreality.
I'm looking forward to the conversation and hope to see you there.
mortonarb.org/explore/acti...
I'm looking forward to the conversation and hope to see you there.
mortonarb.org/explore/acti...
In Trees: A Conversation with Robert Moor | The Morton Arboretum
Hear acclaimed author Robert Moor discuss his new book In Trees: An Exploration with the Arboretum’s herbarium director, Dr. Andrew Hipp.
mortonarb.org
September 14, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Join @robertmoor.com and me at @mortonarboretum.bsky.social on Oct 19 for a conversation about Robert's new book, In Trees. His book is a fascinating exploration of trees and human arboreality.
I'm looking forward to the conversation and hope to see you there.
mortonarb.org/explore/acti...
I'm looking forward to the conversation and hope to see you there.
mortonarb.org/explore/acti...
"Although largely erased from public consciousness, Indigenous enslavement was a colossal phenomenon that spanned the entire Americas, ensnaring an estimated 3 million to 6 million Indigenous people between 1492 and 1880 from Canada to Brazil."
Linford D. Fisher traces the forgotten enslavement of Native Americans in the United States, from his Cundill Prize-shortlisted book, Stealing America.
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On the Forgotten Enslavement of Native Americans and Its Central Role in US History
On a sun-drenched day in June 2018, a woman in traditional Native regalia dropped a large wreath of flowers into the Atlantic Ocean. The impact jostled loose a few petals before the circle of blos…
lithub.com
September 11, 2026 at 7:31 PM
"Although largely erased from public consciousness, Indigenous enslavement was a colossal phenomenon that spanned the entire Americas, ensnaring an estimated 3 million to 6 million Indigenous people between 1492 and 1880 from Canada to Brazil."
Happy and honored to wake up to this news!
Announcing finalists for the 2026 #HilaryWeston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction— congratulations to Richard Kelly Kemick, Robert Moor, Trina Moyles, Julian Brave NoiseCat, and Dan Werb. $75K winner announced Nov 10 at the #WTAwards writerstrust.com/WestonPrize
September 9, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Happy and honored to wake up to this news!
This is *the* crucial point to keep in mind. The future is not a binary between a pure, perfect world and a ruined, apocalyptic one. As I write in my book, the future is more like a tree, w/different futures branching out in all directions. It matters profoundly which branch we end up on.
September 4, 2026 at 11:02 PM
This is *the* crucial point to keep in mind. The future is not a binary between a pure, perfect world and a ruined, apocalyptic one. As I write in my book, the future is more like a tree, w/different futures branching out in all directions. It matters profoundly which branch we end up on.
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I know I keep yelling about this, but fuck, look at it. That's potentially some of the most valuable land in the country, located directly between two light-rail stations in a growing, prosperous city, and we're just going to leave a FUCKING GOLF COURSE there. It's such a travesty.
It's just insane to me that there's literally a golf course flanked on either end by light rail stations
September 4, 2026 at 4:43 AM
I know I keep yelling about this, but fuck, look at it. That's potentially some of the most valuable land in the country, located directly between two light-rail stations in a growing, prosperous city, and we're just going to leave a FUCKING GOLF COURSE there. It's such a travesty.
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A murmuration of starlings above Sardinia, Italy. One of my favorite natural phenomena.
September 3, 2026 at 6:57 PM
A murmuration of starlings above Sardinia, Italy. One of my favorite natural phenomena.
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"Her values were clear: Pay your union dues, stand with labor, love the castaways, put money directly in people’s pockets. Make great art (and own your work). Share books freely. Uplift the land as the land has lifted and lifted you. Higher still, even. And help the people climb."
I wrote about Dolly and Appalachia for this week’s Scratch. www.talkscratch.com/dolly-parton...
Dolly Parton Loved Being Dolly Parton
It was one of the most important aspects of her art.
www.talkscratch.com
August 27, 2026 at 7:55 PM
"Her values were clear: Pay your union dues, stand with labor, love the castaways, put money directly in people’s pockets. Make great art (and own your work). Share books freely. Uplift the land as the land has lifted and lifted you. Higher still, even. And help the people climb."
This is a really wonderful piece. Be sure to read all the way to the end, about a castaway who 'befriends' (and periodically hunts) a school of dorado, which is both delightfully bonkers and surprisingly profound.
Wrote about sailors, life rafts, and fish for the Dec 18th Holiday Issue of @nybooks.com
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
That Sinking Feeling | Jé Wilson
Memoirs of survival at sea plunge the reader deep into the heart of human nature.
www.nybooks.com
August 22, 2026 at 11:18 PM
This is a really wonderful piece. Be sure to read all the way to the end, about a castaway who 'befriends' (and periodically hunts) a school of dorado, which is both delightfully bonkers and surprisingly profound.
A beautiful (arboreal!) image, but also quite foolish. Every generation, your share of genes (on average) dwindles by half. So only 1% of ‘you’ will live on in your 4th-great grandkids, & then .5%, & so on.
Genetic immortality is a myth. Better to live for ‘all our relations,’ as the Lakota say.
Genetic immortality is a myth. Better to live for ‘all our relations,’ as the Lakota say.
“Our death is not an end if we can live on in our children and the younger generation. For they are us; our bodies are only wilted leaves on the tree of life.”
— Albert Einstein
— Albert Einstein
August 22, 2026 at 5:24 PM
A beautiful (arboreal!) image, but also quite foolish. Every generation, your share of genes (on average) dwindles by half. So only 1% of ‘you’ will live on in your 4th-great grandkids, & then .5%, & so on.
Genetic immortality is a myth. Better to live for ‘all our relations,’ as the Lakota say.
Genetic immortality is a myth. Better to live for ‘all our relations,’ as the Lakota say.
Someone should publish a collection of all of the pieces where Aviv draws from previously unpublished private journals, to astonishing effect, and just call it “Journalism.”
Instant classic.
Instant classic.
Read this new one by Rachel Aviv. It is astonishing, one of the best magazine stories I've read in a long time. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The Scientist Who Lived with Dozens of Children from the Pacific Islands
Carleton Gajdusek won the Nobel for his work on a disease in Papua New Guinea. But his biggest experiment was on the children he took back to the U.S.
www.newyorker.com
August 20, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Someone should publish a collection of all of the pieces where Aviv draws from previously unpublished private journals, to astonishing effect, and just call it “Journalism.”
Instant classic.
Instant classic.
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As Canada burns, the federal government is expanding new fossil fuel projects that accelerate climate change. Yet the Carney government is using taxpayer dollars to mislead Canadians on their climate policy. (1/3)
August 18, 2026 at 7:37 PM
As Canada burns, the federal government is expanding new fossil fuel projects that accelerate climate change. Yet the Carney government is using taxpayer dollars to mislead Canadians on their climate policy. (1/3)
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Finally got around to reading this essay, which is just...astonishingly good. Has there already been a whole round of discourse on here about how astonishingly good this essay is? (If not, we should rectify that.)
harpers.org/archive/2026... @harpers.bsky.social @nplusonemag.com @longreads.com
harpers.org/archive/2026... @harpers.bsky.social @nplusonemag.com @longreads.com
Night Soil, by Kristin Dombek
On love, shit, and parking
harpers.org
August 16, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Finally got around to reading this essay, which is just...astonishingly good. Has there already been a whole round of discourse on here about how astonishingly good this essay is? (If not, we should rectify that.)
harpers.org/archive/2026... @harpers.bsky.social @nplusonemag.com @longreads.com
harpers.org/archive/2026... @harpers.bsky.social @nplusonemag.com @longreads.com
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Catch @robertmoor.com this weekend at Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts! Saturday August 15th at 10AM
Looking for a fun book event to attend? You can experience a few with us by booking this itinerary featuring Canadian trailblazers, authors, and thought leaders talking about their engaging work that will transform your perspective on people, nature, and the ever-changing world around us.
August 12, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Catch @robertmoor.com this weekend at Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts! Saturday August 15th at 10AM
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I didn’t have eclipse glasses and the colander thing wasn’t working very well - then I came across a myriad of eclipses on the wall and water butts.
#eclipse #solareclipse
#eclipse #solareclipse
August 12, 2026 at 7:20 PM
I didn’t have eclipse glasses and the colander thing wasn’t working very well - then I came across a myriad of eclipses on the wall and water butts.
#eclipse #solareclipse
#eclipse #solareclipse
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My latest on the #wildfires burning across the Northern Hemisphere:
time.com/article/2026... via TIME
time.com/article/2026... via TIME
What Happens When the World is on Fire
"From America to Algeria, dangerous blazes are occurring around the world, giving us a glimpse into an age ablaze," writes John Valliant.
time.com
August 8, 2026 at 4:04 PM
My latest on the #wildfires burning across the Northern Hemisphere:
time.com/article/2026... via TIME
time.com/article/2026... via TIME
Over the years I have read about treesits being used for a lot of different purposes—to save forests and halt pipelines and block new highways and stop coal mining. But using it to stop construction of the border wall is a first! ✊
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Protesters occupy 200-year-old tree at US-Mexico border to stop its destruction: ‘She’s our Statue of Liberty’
Demonstrators stage ‘tree sit’ in Arizona town to stop felling of ancient cottonwood grove to make way for border wall
www.theguardian.com
August 5, 2026 at 1:10 AM
Over the years I have read about treesits being used for a lot of different purposes—to save forests and halt pipelines and block new highways and stop coal mining. But using it to stop construction of the border wall is a first! ✊
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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'You'll choke too' - an aerial embroidery landscape inspired by all the wildfires happening right now... I'm upset every time I smell smoke outside and somehow we have people starting them maliciously too! But we all breathe the same air so they'll choke too (1/2 - see thread for close-ups)
August 4, 2026 at 6:58 PM
'You'll choke too' - an aerial embroidery landscape inspired by all the wildfires happening right now... I'm upset every time I smell smoke outside and somehow we have people starting them maliciously too! But we all breathe the same air so they'll choke too (1/2 - see thread for close-ups)
In my book I talk about how one of Trump’s most surprising traits is that he loves trees. Specifically, he loves driving around in a limo, buying old trees from people’s yards, and them transplanting them on his golf courses. (Which is *the* most Trumpy way to love a tree, if you think about it…)
August 4, 2026 at 12:04 AM
In my book I talk about how one of Trump’s most surprising traits is that he loves trees. Specifically, he loves driving around in a limo, buying old trees from people’s yards, and them transplanting them on his golf courses. (Which is *the* most Trumpy way to love a tree, if you think about it…)
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this is going to turn me into the joker
August 3, 2026 at 4:48 PM
this is going to turn me into the joker
Hey check that out. In Trees, in Dutch!
Met dit fantastische boek van @robertmoor.com kom ik de hitte wel door! Wat lezen jullie?
July 29, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Hey check that out. In Trees, in Dutch!
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this is absolutely excellent and essential, clear, as hopeful as it is urgent, and we should all demand that — to win our votes, and a future for our species — McKibben’s message here becomes core to the platform of every person in, or running for, public office: energy from heaven not from hell
So, I finally did a TED talk, and it got released today.
I seem to have been quite intense, but I'm grateful they left in my Trump joke.
www.ted.com/talks/bill_m...
I seem to have been quite intense, but I'm grateful they left in my Trump joke.
www.ted.com/talks/bill_m...
Our last, best chance to cool the Earth
We're living through oil wars, wildfire smoke and extreme weather driven by a warming planet. But environmentalist Bill McKibben says one thing is finally going right: the price of clean energy has pl...
www.ted.com
July 29, 2026 at 5:35 PM
this is absolutely excellent and essential, clear, as hopeful as it is urgent, and we should all demand that — to win our votes, and a future for our species — McKibben’s message here becomes core to the platform of every person in, or running for, public office: energy from heaven not from hell
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July 27, 2026 at 11:43 AM
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