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The Wild Braid: A Poet Reflects on a Century in the Garden
by Stanley Kunitz

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From his celebrated seaside garden, a beloved poet-in his one-hundredth year-speaks about life, poetry, and the kindred spirit in all living things. <BR>Throughout his life Stanley Kunitz has been creating poetry and tending gardens. This book is the distillation of conversations--none previously published--that took place between 2002 and 2004. Beginning with the garden, that "work of the imagination," the explorations journey through personal recollections, the creative process, and the harmony of the life cycle. A bouquet of poems and a total of twenty-six full-color photographs accompany the various sections. <BR>In the spring of 2003, Kunitz experienced a mysterious health crisis from which, miraculously, he emerged in what he called a "transformed state." During this period, his vision of the garden-constant source of solace and renewal-propelled him. The intimate, often witty conversations that followed this time are presented here in their entirety, as transcribed. Their central themes, circling mortality and regeneration, attest to Kunitz's ever-present sagacity and wit. "Immortality," he answers when asked. "It's not anything I'd lose sleep over." 26 color photographs.
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Melissa Kinsey, November 12, 2006 (view all comments by Melissa Kinsey)
Having this book on hand is like having permanent access to a wise grandfather. The poems are about love, loss, and death. The prose is about art and inspiration and trusting ourselves as a source of understanding.
I'm not a gardener, but the pictures are beautiful and the connections between gardening and art enlightening.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780393061413
Subtitle:
A Poet Reflects on a Century in the Garden
Author:
Samuelson, Marnie Crawford
Photographer:
Samuelson, Marnie Crawford
Author:
Lentine, Genine
Publisher:
W. W. Norton & Company
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
American - General
Subject:
Poetry
Subject:
Gardening
Publication Date:
May 2005
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
255
Dimensions:
8.62x6.44x.60 in. .97 lbs.
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