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Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings,” but readers will come to feel for them.

And no, none are cute or fantastical like Treebeard and the Ents in J.R.R. These include an American chestnut planted outside a family home, the Vietnamese banyan that ensnares an American soldier and a centuries-old giant redwood under assault. Richard Powers’ “The Overstory,” which won the Pulitzer Prize for Literature this week and is now out in paperback, is also made of trees, telling a powerful and unsettling story that spans across years, continents, characters - and trees. Whether it’s the blank sheet a writer begins with or the printed page readers ultimately encounter, we imprint our words on wood pulp made from pine, spruce, birch, poplar and more.