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- Artikelzustand
- ISBN
- 9781595348098
- Book Title
- Self-Portrait with Dogwood
- Item Length
- 7in
- Publisher
- Trinity University Press
- Publication Year
- 2017
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.8in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Literary Criticism
- Topic
- Environmentalists & Naturalists, Literary, American / General
- Item Width
- 5in
- Item Weight
- 8.8 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 264 Pages
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In the course of researching dogwood trees, beloved poet and essayist Christopher Merrill realized that a number of formative moments in his life had some connection to the tree named--according to one writer--because its fruit was not fit for a dog. As he approached his sixtieth birthday, Merrill began to compose a self-portrait alongside this tree whose lifespan is comparable to a human's and that, from an early age, he's regarded as a talisman. Dogwoods have never been far from Merrill's view at significant moments throughout his life, helping to shape his understanding of place in the great chain of being; entwined in his experience is the conviction that our relationship to the natural world is central to our walk in the sun. The feeling of a connection to nature has become more acute as his life has taken him to distant corners of the earth, often to war zones where he has witnessed not only humankind's propensity for violence and evil but also the enduring power of connections that can be forged across languages, borders, and politics. Dogwoods teach us persistence humility and wonder. Self-Portrait with Dogwood is no ordinary memoir, but rather the work of a traveler who has crisscrossed the country and the globe in search of ways to make sense of his time here. Merrill provides new ways of thinking about personal history, the environment, politics, faith, and the power of the written word. In his descriptions of places far and near, many outside of the average American's purview--a besieged city in Bosnia, a hidden path in a Taiwanese park, Tolstoy's country house in Russia, a castle in Slovakia, a blossoming dogwood at daybreak in Seattle--the reader's understanding of the world will flourish as well.
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Publisher
Trinity University Press
ISBN-10
1595348093
ISBN-13
9781595348098
eBay Product ID (ePID)
227672127
Product Key Features
Book Title
Self-Portrait with Dogwood
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Environmentalists & Naturalists, Literary, American / General
Publication Year
2017
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Literary Criticism
Number of Pages
264 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
7in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
5in
Item Weight
8.8 Oz
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Ps3563.E74517a6 2017
Reviews
"A memoir for lovers of writing and reading." -- Kirkus Reviews "His memoir, written as he was nearing his sixtieth year, traces the delicate, interactive web of creation that links humans and nature, illuminating how vital each small being, each plant, each person is to the whole. In travels across the globe, even to war zones where scenes of the depth of man's depravity were seared into his soul, Merrill also found the wonder of humanity's ability to love, to heal, and to connect; the dogwood serves both as a metaphor for this and, in its decline, as an "an augur of our fate" should we fail to honor these connections."-- Foreword Reviews "An arboreal memoir, an autobiographical dendrology: Merrill, like the dogwood seeds and seedlings, roams the planet, appearing or pausing at unexpected moments in history. The migrant trees sink their roots in various foreign soils; the man, though wandering--even in zones of war--remains rooted in the humus of poetry." -- Eliot Weinberger "Christopher Merrill is a national treasure, both as a writer and a global warrior for literature and witness. In a fine career of making exquisite books, Self-Portrait with Dogwood might be his most moving. Beauty rises from every page. Going on my short list of favorite books--I will refer to it and teach it for the rest of my life, like I do with Basho and Hanshan. A quiet classic." -- Luis Alberto Urrea "How wise of the U.S. State Department to send Christopher Merrill around the globe as a poet-ambassador. I can't imagine anyone better equipped to represent us to a suffering and turbulent world. His attentive ear and eye, his keen mind, his compassionate heart, his courage and eloquence are all richly displayed in this engrossing book. The stories he tells here--about woods and waters, poetry and soccer, about literary heroes, an ailing daughter, and a dying friend--are suffused by Merrill's devotion to mercy and beauty, and by his fascination with the ineffable power we call nature." -- Scott Russell Sanders, author of Divine Animal "Christopher Merrill speaks to the essential and too often buried part of us that intuits the relatedness of all things (human beings and nature, love and war, shame and desire) and investigates the way those intersections urge some of us toward metaphor, toward a life dedicated to the making of art. Self-Portrait with Dogwood makes a case for a new type of memoir in which the self--rather than being spotlighted--is but one slender thread in an intricate weave that reaches across species, centuries, and time zones. This is an elegant, intelligent, deeply compelling, and necessary book." -- Pam Houston, author of Contents May Have Shifted "How do we attach meaning to human existence? Merrill's memoir turns to the dogwood tree as talisman, a presence from his childhood through a life richly textured with natural, literary, and cultural history. His artful reflections on friendship, family, poetry, transplanting trees, and global diplomacy show how 'giving voice to nonhuman perspectives' may indeed be essential to cultivating our humanity." -- Alison Hawthorne Deming, author of Zoologies: On Animals and the Human Spirit, "A memoir for lovers of writing and reading." -- Kirkus Reviews "His memoir, written as he was nearing his sixtieth year, traces the delicate, interactive web of creation that links humans and nature, illuminating how vital each small being, each plant, each person is to the whole. In travels across the globe, even to war zones where scenes of the depth of man's depravity were seared into his soul, Merrill also found the wonder of humanity's ability to love, to heal, and to connect; the dogwood serves both as a metaphor for this and, in its decline, as an "an augur of our fate" should we fail to honor these connections."-- Foreword Reviews "An arboreal memoir, an autobiographical dendrology: Merrill, like the dogwood seeds and seedlings, roams the planet, appearing or pausing at unexpected moments in history. The migrant trees sink their roots in various foreign soils; the man, though wandering--even in zones of war--remains rooted in the humus of poetry." -- Eliot Weinberger "Christopher Merrill is a national treasure, both as a writer and a global warrior for literature and witness. In a fine career of making exquisite books, Self-Portrait with Dogwood might be his most moving. Beauty rises from every page. Going on my short list of favorite books--I will refer to it and teach it for the rest of my life, like I do with Basho and Hanshan. A quiet classic." -- Luis Alberto Urrea "How wise of the U.S. State Department to send Christopher Merrill around the globe as a poet-ambassador. I can't imagine anyone better equipped to represent us to a suffering and turbulent world. His attentive ear and eye, his keen mind, his compassionate heart, his courage and eloquence are all richly displayed in this engrossing book. The stories he tells here--about woods and waters, poetry and soccer, about literary heroes, an ailing daughter, and a dying friend--are suffused by Merrill's devotion to mercy and beauty, and by his fascination with the ineffable power we call nature." -- Scott Russell Sanders, author of Divine Animal "Christopher Merrill speaks to the essential and too often buried part of us that intuits the relatedness of all things (human beings and nature, love and war, shame and desire) and investigates the way those intersections urge some of us toward metaphor, toward a life dedicated to the making of art. Self-Portrait with Dogwood makes a case for a new type of memoir in which the self--rather than being spotlighted--is but one slender thread in an intricate weave that reaches across species, centuries, and time zones. This is an elegant, intelligent, deeply compelling, and necessary book." -- Pam Houston, author of Contents May Have Shifted "How do we attach meaning to human existence? Merrill's memoir turns to the dogwood tree as talisman, a presence from his childhood through a life richly textured with natural, literary, and cultural history. His artful reflections on friendship, family, poetry, transplanting trees, and global diplomacy show how 'giving voice to nonhuman perspectives' may indeed be essential to cultivating our humanity." -- Alison Hawthorne Deming, author of Zoologies: On Animals and the Human Spirit Winner of Independent Publisher Book Award - Silver for Memoir Designated as Finalist for Foreword Indies Awards - Memoir Winner of 2018 Next Generation Indie Book Awards - Memoir Winner of 2018 Eric Hoffer Book Award - First Runner Up Memoir, "An arboreal memoir, an autobiographical dendrology: Merrill, like the dogwood seeds and seedlings, roams the planet, appearing or pausing at unexpected moments in history. The migrant trees sink their roots in various foreign soils; the man, though wandering-even in zones of war-remains rooted in the humus of poetry." - Eliot Weinberger "Christopher Merrill is a national treasure, both as a writer and a global warrior for literature and witness. In a fine career of making exquisite books, Self-Portrait with Dogwood might be his most moving. Beauty rises from every page. Going on my short list of favorite books-I will refer to it and teach it for the rest of my life, like I do with Bash� and Hanshan. A quiet classic." - Luis Alberto Urrea "How wise of the U.S. State Department to send Christopher Merrill around the globe as a poet-ambassador. I can't imagine anyone better equipped to represent us to a suffering and turbulent world. His attentive ear and eye, his keen mind, his compassionate heart, his courage and eloquence are all richly displayed in this engrossing book. The stories he tells here-about woods and waters, poetry and soccer, about literary heroes, an ailing daughter, and a dying friend-are suffused by Merrill's devotion to mercy and beauty, and by his fascination with the ineffable power we call nature." - Scott Russell Sanders, author of Divine Animal "Christopher Merrill speaks to the essential and too often buried part of us that intuits the relatedness of all things (human beings and nature, love and war, shame and desire) and investigates the way those intersections urge some of us toward metaphor, toward a life dedicated to the making of art. Self-Portrait with Dogwood makes a case for a new type of memoir in which the self-rather than being spotlighted-is but one slender thread in an intricate weave that reaches across species, centuries, and time zones. This is an elegant, intelligent, deeply compelling, and necessary book." - Pam Houston, author of Contents May Have Shifted "How do we attach meaning to human existence? Merrill's memoir turns to the dogwood tree as talisman, a presence from his childhood through a life richly textured with natural, literary, and cultural history. His artful reflections on friendship, family, poetry, transplanting trees, and global diplomacy show how 'giving voice to nonhuman perspectives' may indeed be essential to cultivating our humanity." - Alison Hawthorne Deming, author of Zoologies: On Animals and the Human Spirit, "A memoir for lovers of writing and reading." -- Kirkus Reviews "His memoir, written as he was nearing his sixtieth year, traces the delicate, interactive web of creation that links humans and nature, illuminating how vital each small being, each plant, each person is to the whole. In travels across the globe, even to war zones where scenes of the depth of man's depravity were seared into his soul, Merrill also found the wonder of humanity's ability to love, to heal, and to connect; the dogwood serves both as a metaphor for this and, in its decline, as an "an augur of our fate" should we fail to honor these connections."-- Foreword Reviews "An arboreal memoir, an autobiographical dendrology: Merrill, like the dogwood seeds and seedlings, roams the planet, appearing or pausing at unexpected moments in history. The migrant trees sink their roots in various foreign soils; the man, though wandering--even in zones of war--remains rooted in the humus of poetry." -- Eliot Weinberger "Christopher Merrill is a national treasure, both as a writer and a global warrior for literature and witness. In a fine career of making exquisite books, Self-Portrait with Dogwood might be his most moving. Beauty rises from every page. Going on my short list of favorite books--I will refer to it and teach it for the rest of my life, like I do with Bash� and Hanshan. A quiet classic." -- Luis Alberto Urrea "How wise of the U.S. State Department to send Christopher Merrill around the globe as a poet-ambassador. I can't imagine anyone better equipped to represent us to a suffering and turbulent world. His attentive ear and eye, his keen mind, his compassionate heart, his courage and eloquence are all richly displayed in this engrossing book. The stories he tells here--about woods and waters, poetry and soccer, about literary heroes, an ailing daughter, and a dying friend--are suffused by Merrill's devotion to mercy and beauty, and by his fascination with the ineffable power we call nature." -- Scott Russell Sanders, author of Divine Animal "Christopher Merrill speaks to the essential and too often buried part of us that intuits the relatedness of all things (human beings and nature, love and war, shame and desire) and investigates the way those intersections urge some of us toward metaphor, toward a life dedicated to the making of art. Self-Portrait with Dogwood makes a case for a new type of memoir in which the self--rather than being spotlighted--is but one slender thread in an intricate weave that reaches across species, centuries, and time zones. This is an elegant, intelligent, deeply compelling, and necessary book." -- Pam Houston, author of Contents May Have Shifted "How do we attach meaning to human existence? Merrill's memoir turns to the dogwood tree as talisman, a presence from his childhood through a life richly textured with natural, literary, and cultural history. His artful reflections on friendship, family, poetry, transplanting trees, and global diplomacy show how 'giving voice to nonhuman perspectives' may indeed be essential to cultivating our humanity." -- Alison Hawthorne Deming, author of Zoologies: On Animals and the Human Spirit
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