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Alison Hawthorne Deming
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Introducing an exciting new female voice in nature writing, this stunning
collection of essays traces the author’s search for a spiritual home in
the natural world.
“Readers who enjoy Annie Dillard or Ann Zwinger will likely appreciate
this book.” “A welcome new voice… Like essayists Terry Tempest Williams and Brenda
Peterson, Deming allows her vision broader scope than the ‘nature writing’
suggests.” “Moments of insight that are brimming with universal meaning and poetic
perception … a personal journey into who we are as a human race.” These essays by an award-winning poet combine the objectivity of a field notebook with the subjectivity of personal memoir. Tracing the subtle connections and tensions between wilderness and human culture, Deming delves deeply into the nature of our need for a sense of place within the natural world. |
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ALISON HAWTHORNE DEMING is director of the Poetry Center at the University of Arizona in Tucson. She has won many awards for her writing including, most recently, the Walt Whitman Award from the Academy of American Poets, a Pushcart Prize, and a Tucson/Pima Arts Council Literary Fellowship. She has also received NEA and Stegner Fellowships. |