umana Roy’s How I Became a Tree (2017) is a pro-foundly introspective meditation on the intersection of human existence and the natural world, wherein the author interweaves poetic sensibilities with a cri-tique of modernity. Through an intricate narrative structure, Roy formulates what may be construed as a didactic project for environmental education, foregrounding an experiential re-engagement with the non-human realm. Her writing does not proffer definitive conclusions but instead fosters an intellectual and affective openness, evoking what Joan Retallack terms a ‘self-im posed resistance to closure’ (Retallack 2003: 13) thereby engendering a sustained engagement with the philosophical, ethical and phenomeno-logical dimensions of ecological consciousness