Eric Hinkle’s Reviews > The Overstory > Status Update
Eric Hinkle
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"A lot of folks think trees are simple things, incapable of doing anything interesting. But there's a tree for every purpose under heaven. Their chemistry is astonishing. Waxes, fats, sugars. Tannins, sterols, gums, and carotenoids. Resin acids, flavonoids, terpenes. Alkaloids, phenols, corky suberins. They're learning to make whatever can be made. And most of what they make we haven't even identified."
— Jun 19, 2026 12:28AM
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Eric Hinkle
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"You can replace forests with plantations. You can also arrange Beethoven's Ninth for solo kazoo. A suburban backyard has more diversity than a tree farm!"
— Jun 13, 2026 10:07AM
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"[Leaving Iowa] with the freedom to test all the flaws inherent in his own desire."
— Jun 06, 2026 07:16AM
