Amanda Palmer reads "The Mushroom Hunters" by Neil Gaiman by brainpicker published on 2017-04-25T16:04:26Z Poem text and proper context: https://www.brainpickings.org/2017/04/26/the-mushroom-hunters-neil-gaiman/ Original poem written for and recorded at "The Universe in Verse" (brainpickings.org/the-universe-in-verse/) – an evening of poetry celebrating science and the scientists who have taken us to where we are today, and a protest against the silencing of science and the defunding of the arts, with all proceeds donated to the Academy of American Poets and the Natural Resources Defense Council. Photograph by Molly Walsh, Academy of American Poets