In this week's edition of Endnotes, we take a look at Shokoofeh Azar's The Gowkaran Tree in the Middle of Our Kitchen ... I acquired English-language and translation rights for what would become ...

An unusual northern rātā tree that looks like it is striding across an empty field has been crowned New Zealand's Tree of the Year. The giant plant, which looks strikingly similar to an Ent from ...