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Camille U. Adams

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Camille U. Adams, Ph.D. is a Trinidadian memoirist, poet, nature writer. She has received several Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominations. Camille has also been awarded a variety of writing fellowships that supported her work and granted her a vital writing community. Having served as a Tin House juried reader and as an editor for literary magazines has allowed Camille to give back to the writing community. Currently, Camille teaches English and is hard at work on book two.

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How to Be Unmothered: A Trinidadian Memoir

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Invasive Plant Medicine: The Ecological Benefits and Healing Abilities of Invasives

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The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World

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