Herbal Reverie – Max Power

Description

Herbal Reverie is a limited-edition arts publication project by writer, artist, and herbalist Max Power, designed by award-winning book maker Aaron Friend-Lettner. The book includes twenty original poems by Power, original photographs by Julie Pasila, and is edited by Ryley O’Bryne, exploring how building relationships with plants can deepen connections to ourselves, to community, and to the places we come from. The project adopts various forms of storytelling—words, images, and collaborative learning spaces—to inspire deep connection to the profound shared existence and presence of plants. The work is decolonial in its approach, highlighting the importance of connection with the natural world in light of today’s overlapping existential crises related to climate, war, food security, and shifting political ideologies.

More information about the artists and book can be found on the Herbal Reverie project page.

Copyright 2026 Max Power. Artwork 2026 Julie Pasila. All rights reserved. Riso printed & bound by Moniker Press with screen printing by Go 够 Studio.

First edition. ISBN 978-1-7751198-9-0

This book was co-published by UNIT/PITT and Dædu with support from the Ananda Fund.