The Usable Field
Language: English
Published by Alice James Books, 2008
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These lyric elegies, spoken by the under-self, become a series of subtle chants which sing the speaker into being both physically and spiritually, and through which Mead seeks solace, enlightenment, and joy in the cycles of life and death in the natural world.
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- Title
- The Usable Field
- Author
- Jane Mead
- Publisher
- Alice James Books
- Publication year
- 2008
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1882295692
- ISBN 13
- 9781882295692
These lyric elegies, spoken by the “under-self, become a series of subtle chants which sing the speaker into being both physically and spiritually, and through which Mead seeks solace, enlightenment, and joy in the cycles of life and death in the natural world.
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About the Author
Jane Mead is the author of two previous collections of poetry, House of Poured-Out Waters and The Lord and the General Din of the World. Her awards include a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Lannan Foundation Completion Grant. For many years the Poet-in-Residence at Wake Forest University, she now manages the family ranch in northern California.
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