Casting Deep Shade: An Amble (First Edition)

Wright, C. D.

ISBN 10: 1556595484 / ISBN 13: 9781556595486

Published by Copper Canyon Press, Port Townsend, 2019

About this Item

Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press, 2019. First edition. First printing. Special issue in three-quarter folding clamshell box. The book is permanently mounted to the interior of the custom box, which unfolds to reveal the volume. Gray cloth with silver spine lettering; box in matching paper with silver titling. Fine. Octavo. C. D. Wright's final book, a hybrid work blending poetry, essay, and memoir, centered on the American beech tree and meditating on language, landscape, and mortality. C. D. Wright (1949 2016) was an acclaimed American poet, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award and a National Book Award finalist.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Casting Deep Shade: An Amble (First Edition)
• Publisher: Copper Canyon Press, Port Townsend
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1556595484
• ISBN 13: 9781556595486
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine

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Synopsis

“C.D. Wright belongs to a school of exactly one.” ―The New York Times

“C.D. Wright has been writing some of the greatest poetry-cum-prose you can find in American literature.” ―Dave Eggers

Casting Deep Shade is a passionate, poetic exploration of humanity’s shared history with the beech tree. Before Wright’s unexpected death in 2016, she was deeply engaged in years of ambling research to better know this tree―she visited hundreds of beech trees, interviewed arborists, and delved into the etymology, folk lore, and American history of the species. Written in Wright’s singular prosimetric style, this “memoir with beech trees” demonstrates the power of words to conserve, preserve, and bear witness.

Honoring Wright’s lifelong fascination with books as objects, this final work is a three-panel hardcover that encloses the body of text, illustrated with striking color photographs of beech trees by artist Denny Moers.

George and Nannette Herrick allowed me to watch their best-loved beech be brought to the ground. Mrs. Herrick said her grandson was going to be so mad when he came to town to find his favorite climber gone. Mrs. Herrick wanted the tree cut to the grass. She did not want the stump to linger as a reminder.

Born in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas, C. D. Wright has received numerous honors for her poetry, including the National Book Critics Circle Award. Wright taught at Brown University for over thirty years.

About the Author

Born in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas, C.D. Wright has received numerous honors for her fifteen-plus collections of poetry, including the National Book Critics Circle Award (2010). Wright taught at Brown University for over thirty years until she passed away in 2016.