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Madrona project volume 3, no. 1 (January 2023)
Pub. Date
January 2023.
Physical Desc
ix, 131 pages : illustrations (some in color) ; 28 cm.
Description
This collection contains images of sculpture, paintings, murals and installations with ekphratic poems written in celebration of public art in the Pacific Northwest. The collection contains over fifty full color images on facing pages with poems by such renown Northwest poets as: Rena Priest, Ed Harkness, Holly Hughes, Tim McNulty, Sam Green, Sally Green, Alicia Hokansen, Linda Bierds, Kathleen Flenniken, Carmen Germain, Sharon Hashimoto, Jill McCabe...
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Pub. Date
©2000
Physical Desc
xxv, 348 pages ; 21 cm.
Description
Known primarily for her classic and haunting story "The Yellow Wallpaper," Charlotte Perkins Gilman was an enormously influential American feminist and sociologist. Her early-twentieth-century writings continue to inspire writers and activists today. This collection includes selections from both her fiction and nonfiction work. In addition to the title story, there are seven short stories collected here that combine humor, anger, and startling vision...
Pub. Date
©2008
Physical Desc
376 pages ; 23 cm
Description
Cultural Writing. Essays. Poetry. Working the woods, working the sea is a unique collection of poetry and prose by Gary Snyder, Tom Jay, Holly Hughes, Tim McNulty, Jim Dodge and many more of the North Pacific Coast. Deeply connected to the earth and sea through physical work, these writers speak eloquently of the beauty and power of their environments and of their shared labor and sense of community. With its wit, song and wisdom, this book will take...
Author
Pub. Date
c1982
Physical Desc
1084 p. ; 21 cm.
Description
The library of America is dedicated to publishing America's best and most significant writing in handsome, enduring volumes, featuring authoritative texts. Hailed as the "finest-looking, longest-lasting editions ever made" (The New Republic), Library of America volumes make a fine gift for any occasion. Now, with exactly one hundred volumes to choose from, there is a perfect gift for everyone.
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Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
237 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 19 cm
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"For those who purr with delight at the thought of relaxing with a good read and a sweet, furry friend curled up on their lap, this compilation makes a perfect companion, bringing together cat facts, fables, poems, quotations, trivia, and behavioral tips."--Jacket.
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Madrona project volume 2, no. 2 (Jan. 2022)
Pub. Date
January 2022.
Physical Desc
[xiii], 168 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
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Description
"The third issue of The Madrona Project attempts to demonstrate ways in which human communities collaborate with natural forces. There are five sections. The first is a tribute to the founders of Empty Bowl which includes work by Mike O'Connor, Tom Jay, Carolyn Servid, Jerry Gorsline, Freeman House, and Finn Wilcox. The other sections comprise work around the themes of the wild, rural wild, urban wild and wilderness itself. Among the seventy-three...
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
326 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Description
A century ago woodlands were at the heart of daily life. Trees and hedgerows, copses and spinneys provided wood-fuel, thatch and bedding, woodland pasture for pigs and cattle, medicine from tree bark and a wild harvest of nuts and fruit for the home. But the role of woodlands has been in decline in the last two centuries, drifting ever further from our modern lives. Yet there is no other landscape in the British Isles that matches the complexity and...
Pub. Date
April 2023.
Physical Desc
viii, 126 pages : illustrations (some in color) ; 28 cm.
Description
If the Universe is a kind of tree, as John Muir implies, poetry and the love of forests must be at its root. This fifth issue of The Madrona Project is an arrangement of appreciations of trees -- urban, rural and wild -- as they sustain human consciousness. Trees that have shaped us and that we ourselves continue to help, continue to grow with, continue to learn from. These poems and essays include work by: Bob Arnold, John Brandi, Kathleen Flenniken,...
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
336 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Description
"In this rich, shadowy, glittering anthology edited by Sharma Shields and Maya Jewell Zeller, 56 Northwest writers share their singular stories, essays, and poems that center what Shields calls 'the literature of despair.' These pages confront what is difficult in life with extraordinary precision and grace: In Beth Piatote's story 'Secondary Infection, ' a Yakama auntie narrates the undoing of a lonely woman; in the essay 'There Is No Story Until...
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
ix, 281 pages ; 27 cm
Description
"The first anthology of short stories and poems about family caregivers. The authors explore caregivers' experiences as they deal with family conflicts, the complexities of the health care system, and the impact of their choices on their lives and the lives of others"--
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"Keenly observed and written with his insightful and deadpan sense of humor, [Rick Bragg] explores enduring Southern truths about home, place, spirit, table, and the regions' varied geographies, including his native Alabama, Cajun country, and the Gulf Coast. Everything is explored, from regional obsessions from college football and fishing, to mayonnaise and spoon bread, to the simple beauty of a fish on the hook. Collected from over a decade of...
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
xiv, 317 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
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Humans have been making lists for even longer than they've been writing letters. They are the shorthand for what really matters to us: our hopes and aspirations; likes and dislikes; rules for living and loving; records of our memories and reminders of the things we want to do before we die. Just as he did with Letters of Note, Shaun Usher has trawled the world's archives to produce a rich visual anthology that stretches from ancient times to present...
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Pub. Date
©1992
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84 pages ; 23 cm.
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A collection of 5 short stories and 40 poems focusing on life on a Native American reservation in eastern Washington state, "that deals comically and poignantly with basketball, convenience stores, cars and other artifacts of everyday life"--New York Times, Notable Books of the Year 1992, December 6, 1992.
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