Casting Deep Shade Amble by Wright (18 results)

Hardback. Condition: Good. C.D. Wright belongs to a school of exactly one. --The New York TimesC.D. Wright has been writing some of the greatest poetry-cum-prose you can find in American literature. --Dave EggersCasting 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 bare 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.…

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Hardback. Condition: Good. C.D. Wright belongs to a school of exactly one. --The New York TimesC.D. Wright has been writing some of the greatest poetry-cum-prose you can find in American literature. --Dave EggersCasting 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 bare 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.…

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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First printing. 8vo. xi, 259 pp. Illustrated with color and B & W photographs by Denny Morris. Original bi-fold hardcover binding with photographic panel on front; as published without DJ. Light use, near fine.

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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 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 (19492016) was an acclaimed American poet, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award and a National Book Award finalist.…

Gebunden. Condition: New. &Uumlber den AutorrnrnBorn 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 o.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - '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 EggersCasting 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.…