No Less Strange or Wonderful by A. Kendra Greene
Revelatory. . . . Prepare yourself to be dazzled.”―Ben Fountain, author of Devil Makes Three
Named a Best Nonfiction/Science Book of 2025 by Bookpage
Exploding sharks, trees riding bicycles, a Hollywood-esque balloon dress, a giant sloth in costume, a stolen woodpecker, and a sentient bag of wasps―and remember: this is nonfiction.
- Sale Date
- ISBN
- 9781963108088
- Page Count
- 304
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 5¾ x 8¾
- Imprint
- Tin House
Meet the Author
A. Kendra Greene
Revelatory. . . . Prepare yourself to be dazzled.”―Ben Fountain, author of Devil Makes Three
Named a Best Nonfiction/Science Book of 2025 by Bookpage
Exploding sharks, trees riding bicycles, a Hollywood-esque balloon dress, a giant sloth in costume, a stolen woodpecker, and a sentient bag of wasps―and remember: this is nonfiction.
Celebrated author and artist A. Kendra Greene’s No Less Strange or Wonderful is a brilliant and generous meditation—on the complex wonder of being alive, on how to pay attention to even the tiniest (sometimes strangest) details that glitter with insight, whimsy, and deep humanity, if only we’d really look.
In twenty-six sparkling essays, illuminated through both text and image, Greene is trying to make sense—of anything, really—but especially the things that matter most in life: love, connection, death, grief, the universe, meaning, nothingness, and everythingness. Through a series of encounters with strangers, children, and animals, the wild merges with the domestic; the everyday meets the sublime. Each essay returns readers to our smallest moments and our largest ones in a book that makes us realize—through its exuberant language, its playful curation, and its delightful associative leapfrogging—that they are, in fact, one in the same.
Named a Best Nonfiction/Science Book of 2025 by Bookpage
Exploding sharks, trees riding bicycles, a Hollywood-esque balloon dress, a giant sloth in costume, a stolen woodpecker, and a sentient bag of wasps―and remember: this is nonfiction.
Celebrated author and artist A. Kendra Greene’s No Less Strange or Wonderful is a brilliant and generous meditation—on the complex wonder of being alive, on how to pay attention to even the tiniest (sometimes strangest) details that glitter with insight, whimsy, and deep humanity, if only we’d really look.
In twenty-six sparkling essays, illuminated through both text and image, Greene is trying to make sense—of anything, really—but especially the things that matter most in life: love, connection, death, grief, the universe, meaning, nothingness, and everythingness. Through a series of encounters with strangers, children, and animals, the wild merges with the domestic; the everyday meets the sublime. Each essay returns readers to our smallest moments and our largest ones in a book that makes us realize—through its exuberant language, its playful curation, and its delightful associative leapfrogging—that they are, in fact, one in the same.
Praise for No Less Strange or Wonderful
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“Filled with magnificent essays that examine the world in all its fascinating facets large and small.”
Larghearted Boy, A Favorite Nonfiction Collection of 2025 -
“Charming and poetic. . . . [Greene] uncovers wonder and unexpected patterns in the everyday world with playful insight and warm humor. A truly delightful collection of essays.”
St. Louis Post Dispatch, A Best Book of 2025 -
“I entered thinking I understood what Greene would show me, thinking I understood these subjects well, but Greene’s words taught me to slow down, taught me to truly look at these subjects, to truly see what I initially neglected.”
Colorado Review
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