William Thomas Okie

William Thomas Okie is the author of The Georgia Peach: Culture, Agriculture, and Environment in the American South and “Amber Waves of Broomsedge.” He teaches history at Kennesaw State University in Georgia.

Ideas in progress: William Thomas Okie

William Thomas Okie | March 1, 2023

What is the focus of your current book project? What are the big questions that you are investigating and the main stories that you hope to tell in this book? The book project is called Wayside: The Hidden Histories of...

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Tangle of Vines

William Thomas Okie | September 22, 2021

Nature knows the secret of rejuvenation. Can we learn it, too?

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Exotic Invasion

William Thomas Okie | August 13, 2021

A “wonderful awful tree” shows us some wonderful awful things about ourselves

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Plantain Play

William Thomas Okie | June 7, 2021

If we’ve strayed from the center of the dance, an unassuming partner can guide us back

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The Sassafras is Blooming!

William Thomas Okie | April 19, 2021

Those suffering in earlier epidemics believed there was power in the wood. Are we so different?

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