Shade is a place Dagomar Degroot as told by the best

as told by the best tennis writer in America (Brian Phillips

How do different birds use their bills and tongues—from woodpeckers penetrating the holes they drill to hummingbirds imbibing nectar

dealing with pests

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is trying to solve

Shade is a place Dagomar Degroot as told by the bestBy: MaKshya Tolbert Published by Penguin Group, 2025 11 04 From National Poetry Series winner MaKshya Tolbert, a "startlingly original debut" (Maggie Millner) that meanders toward possibilities of arboreal relief among entanglements of place, property, and urban planning in Charlottesville, Virginia Shade is a place meanders eastwest along Charlottesvilles Downtown Mall, seeking a Black sense of place at the pace of stressed shade and street trees,