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Above the Line: New Poems
Joseph Bruchac
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Description for Above the Line: New Poems
Paperback. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 6. Weight in Grams: 102.
These poems of close observation and passionate feeling deeply reflect Joseph Bruchac's Abenaki Indian heritage. Like Thoreau, he is a scrupulous student of nature. Uniquely, however, he brings his own cultural concerns to every observation -- not only about preservation of a vulnerable ecology, but about keeping cultural continuity and reaffirming tradition. So many things are observed in this fine collection: an ancient village ruin and a local car wash; kingfishers and red-tail hawks in flight; burial places and a cedar flute. In ""The Last Elms"" he laments the attack of Dutch elm disease on these stately trees but affirms ... Read more
These poems of close observation and passionate feeling deeply reflect Joseph Bruchac's Abenaki Indian heritage. Like Thoreau, he is a scrupulous student of nature. Uniquely, however, he brings his own cultural concerns to every observation -- not only about preservation of a vulnerable ecology, but about keeping cultural continuity and reaffirming tradition. So many things are observed in this fine collection: an ancient village ruin and a local car wash; kingfishers and red-tail hawks in flight; burial places and a cedar flute. In ""The Last Elms"" he laments the attack of Dutch elm disease on these stately trees but affirms ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
West End Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
64
Place of Publication
Albuquerque, NM, United States
ISBN
9780970534484
SKU
V9780970534484
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Ref
99-3
About Joseph Bruchac
Novelist, short story writer, memoirist, and anthologist Joseph Bruchac is the winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Native Writers Circle of the Americas and also has received both the Traditional Storytelling and the Prose Writing Awards from the Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers. He is the author of over 100 books for both adults and young ... Read more
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