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“American Pokeberry,” by January Gill O’Neil
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“American Pokeberry,” by January Gill O’Neil

The New Yorker · Jun 15, 2026, 10:00 AM

Key takeaways

  • Trees begin their letting go as we walk
  • Bikers and runners pass like pearlsstringing us to this wild chandelier of a plant—
  • magenta stalks, purple-black berries.

Trees begin their letting go as we walk

along the Depot Trail. Bikers and runners pass like pearlsstringing us to this wild chandelier of a plant—

magenta stalks, purple-black berries. Cartoonish. Overripe.Poke salad, you call it. Toxic. Yet you crush a few

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