Ishmael on the Farm

Kann David

ISBN 10: 1594981264 / ISBN 13: 9781594981265

Published by Timber Press (OR) Apr 2024, 2024

Neuware - Moments of ecstatic violation live on, unacknowledged, but making their claim in crippled emotion and an incessant search to master their source. Ahab had his whale, and Ishmael was taken up in the quest. Ishmael was healed by squeezing sperm and thereby learned to name 'attainable felicity.' Naming is mastery. Mastery is 'attainable felicity,' and the pure language of nature provides the vocabulary. This book tells of a journey from terror to mastery by way of farming, and how farming's nature-shaped vocabulary of duties and rituals may heal the deepest wounds. Seller Inventory # 9781594981265

Synopsis:

Moments of ecstatic violation live on, unacknowledged, but making their claim in crippled emotion and an incessant search to master their source. Ahab had his whale, and Ishmael was taken up in the quest. Ishmael was healed by squeezing sperm and thereby learned to name "attainable felicity." Naming is mastery. Mastery is "attainable felicity," and the pure language of nature provides the vocabulary. 

This book tells of a journey from terror to mastery by way of farming, and how farming's nature-shaped vocabulary of duties and rituals may heal the deepest wounds.

About the Author: David Kann is a retired academic and a rabid ex-New Yorker who currently lives in the Bay Area. He returned to poetry on a dare. He discovered that writing poetry helps him feel more like himself than do most activities. So, he persists.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Ishmael on the Farm
Publisher: Timber Press (OR) Apr 2024
Publication Date: 2024
Binding: Taschenbuch
Condition: Neu