Marking the Magic Circle : An Intimate Geography

Venn, George (Jan Boles, photos)

ISBN 10: 0870713531 / ISBN 13: 9780870713538

Published by Oregon State University Press, 1987

About this Item

Softcover in VG condition (slight edge wear, one corner slightly bumped). 196 pages. [14oz].

Seller Inventory # 19203

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Marking the Magic Circle : An Intimate Geography
• Publisher: Oregon State University Press
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0870713531
• ISBN 13: 9780870713538
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Poetry/ Verse/ Poems
  • Anthology
  • Fiction

About this title

Synopsis

This gathering of poetry, fiction, and essays represents a remarkable contribution to the growing body of literature of place.

From the Back Cover

"George Venn is the latest in a long series of gifted writers from the Pacific Northwest. In Marking the Magic Circle, he engages his native region with passion and clarity, always seeking routes toward sanity, compassion, and beauty." William Kittredge

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"This is a somewhat eccentric personal anthology, a declaration of identity and territory as personal as a journal, but made up not of casual jottings but of carefully worked essays, poems, stories, autobiographical narratives, and even translations from the Chinese. It is rich, various, and in places striking." Wallace Stegner

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"This book speaks with an authentic voice, a placed voice. It is from somewhere, which in our situation makes it rare and useful." Tom Lyon, Editor, Western American Literature

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"If there was ever doubt, Marking the Magic Circle establishes George Venn as much more than a regional writer of place. His is an important voice that deserves our attention and should earn wide recognition." Vi Gale, Publisher, Prescott Street Press