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Desiring Flight

by Christianne Balk

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Publisher Comments:

By drawing our attention to what we may, at first, be tempted to overlook, the author surprises us by relating it to something else which is not obviously related, but which, by virtue of her keen perceptions, shows itself to be attached, sometimes emotionally, sometimes morally, often mysteriously. Christianne Balk writes about land, landscape, wind, rock, bird, plant and animal, river and ocean as if to record as well as to protect. At the center of her work is a profound reverence for the scaffolding of the earth itself, a willingness to embrace the continual cycles of disintegration and growth we are all part of.

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Winner of the 1994 Verna Emery Poetry Prize.
Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Synopsis:

By drawing our attention to what we may, at first, be tempted to overlook, the author surprises us by relating it to something else which is not obviously related, but which, by virtue of her keen perceptions, shows itself to be attached, sometimes emotio

Product Details

ISBN:
9781557530622
Author:
Balk, Christianne
Publisher:
Purdue University Press
Location:
West Lafayette, Ind. :
Subject:
American
Subject:
Literature
Subject:
American - General
Subject:
Poetry
Subject:
Single Author / American
Copyright:
Series Volume:
1
Publication Date:
January 1995
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
93
Dimensions:
8.49x5.52x.34 in. .36 lbs.

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