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Jaguar of Sweet Laughter: New & Selected Poems

by Diane Ackerman

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In A Natural History of the Senses Diane Ackerman revealed herself as a naturalist who writes with the sensuous immediately of a great poet. Now Jaguar of Sweet Laughter presents the work of a poet with the precise and wondering eye of a gifted naturalist.

Ackermans's Olympian vision records and transforms landscapes from Amazonia to Antarctica, while her imaginative empathy penetrates the otherness of hummingbirds, deer, and trilobites. But even as they draw readers into the wild heart of nature, Ackerman's poems are indelible reminders of what it is to be a human being — the "jaguar of sweet laughter" that, according to Mayan mythology, astonished the world because it was the first animal to speak.

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Jaguar of Sweet Laughter presents the work of a poet with the precise and wondering eye of a gifted naturalist.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780679743040
Author:
Ackerman, Diane
Publisher:
Vintage Books
Location:
New York :
Subject:
General
Subject:
American
Subject:
American - General
Subject:
Single Author *
Subject:
Poetry (poetic works by one author)
Subject:
Single Author / American
Subject:
Poetry-A to Z
Copyright:
1993
Edition Description:
Trade paper
Series:
Vintage
Series Volume:
24
Publication Date:
19930731
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
272
Dimensions:
8 x 5.1 x 0.6 in 0.5 lb
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