Border Crossings - Softcover

Marshall, Ian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0983585253 ISBN 13: 9780983585251

Publisher: Hiraeth Press, 2012

Synopsis

"The International Appalachian Trail runs north from Mount Katahdin seven hundred miles to the end of the Gaspé Peninsula. Inspired by Basho, Ian Marshall hiked it for six summers, probing the poetics of haiku while exploring a vast and beautiful wilderness little known in the US. Marshall is an engaging trail companion and a superb story teller, with a self deprecating wit and sharp intellect that spice up his observations and ideas. Like Basho, he finds the miraculous in the common and elevates the humble walk into a spiritual practice, sprinkling his narrative with lovely original haiku that seem to have condensed in the moment, like droplets of dew. Backpackers will appreciate his pungent descriptions of life on the trail, and ecocritics will savor his abundant insights on poetry, nature, and culture. This lively book serves up a classic blend of high adventure, literary pilgrimage, and self discovery. It tastes as tart and fresh as wild rasp­berries."―John Tallmadge, past-president of the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment and author of The Cincinnati Arch: Learning from Nature in the City

About this title

About the Author

Ian Marshall is a professor of English and Environmental Studies at Penn State Altoona and a former president of the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment. He is the author of Story Line: Exploring the Literature of the Appalachian Trail, Peak Experiences: Walking Meditations on Literature, Nature, and Need, Walden by Haiku, and Border Crossings: Walking the Haiku Path on the International Appalachian Trail.

Edition details

• Publisher: Hiraeth Press
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0983585253
• ISBN 13: 9780983585251
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 326