Wind, Trees - Paperback
by John Freeman
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:Copper Canyon PressISBN-13:9781556596483ISBN-10:1556596480UPC:9781556596483Book Category:PoetryBook Subcategory:American, Subjects & ThemesBook Topic:Animals & Nature, PlacesSize:8.80 x 5.80 x 0.10 inchesWeight:0.45Product ID:SCGZAE9FZY
A politically urgent yet timeless collection that studies
the devastating failings of humanity and the redemptive possibilities of love.In Wind, Trees, John Freeman presents a meditation on
power and loss, change and adaptation. What can the trees teach us about
inhabiting space together? What might we gain if we admit we do not control the
wind, and cannot possibly carry all we've been handed? Offering a stark moral critique
of pandemic self-preservation--as "justifications grew / with greed like vines /
up the side of a tree / taking everything"--Wind, Trees joins the ranks
of politically urgent yet timeless collections like The Lice by W.S.
Merwin. Through narrative lyric and metaphysical pulse, meandering thought and
punctuating quiet, Freeman studies the devastating failings of humanity and the
redemptive possibilities of love.
the devastating failings of humanity and the redemptive possibilities of love.In Wind, Trees, John Freeman presents a meditation on
power and loss, change and adaptation. What can the trees teach us about
inhabiting space together? What might we gain if we admit we do not control the
wind, and cannot possibly carry all we've been handed? Offering a stark moral critique
of pandemic self-preservation--as "justifications grew / with greed like vines /
up the side of a tree / taking everything"--Wind, Trees joins the ranks
of politically urgent yet timeless collections like The Lice by W.S.
Merwin. Through narrative lyric and metaphysical pulse, meandering thought and
punctuating quiet, Freeman studies the devastating failings of humanity and the
redemptive possibilities of love.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Copper Canyon PressISBN-13:9781556596483ISBN-10:1556596480UPC:9781556596483Book Category:PoetryBook Subcategory:American, Subjects & ThemesBook Topic:Animals & Nature, PlacesSize:8.80 x 5.80 x 0.10 inchesWeight:0.45Product ID:SCGZAE9FZY
John Freeman is the author of Dictionary of the Undoing several other books, including The Park (Copper Canyon, 2020), and There's a Revolution Outside My Life (2021), co-edited with Tracy K Smith. The founder of the literary annual Freeman's, he is an executive editor at Alfred A. Knopf. His latest books are The Penguin Book of the Modern American Short Story (Penguin, 2021), and The Wind, Trees (Copper Canyon, 2022), a collection of poems. His work has been translated into over twenty languages.
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