| The Sonoran Desert: A Literary Field Guide First Edition, Edition Contributor(s): Magrane, Eric (Editor), Cokinos, Christopher (Editor), Mirocha, Paul (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0816531234 ISBN-13: 9780816531233 Publisher: University of Arizona Press OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | American - General - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Nature - Literary Criticism | American - General |
| Dewey: 810.932 |
| LCCN: 2015020390 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.70 lbs) 216 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A land of austerity and bounty, the Sonoran Desert is a place that captures imaginations and hearts. It is a place where barbs snag, thorns prick, and claws scratch. A place where lizards scramble and pause, hawks hunt like wolves, and bobcats skulk in creosote. Both literary anthology and hands-on field guide, The Sonoran Desert is a groundbreaking book that melds art and science. It captures the stunning biodiversity of the world's most verdant desert through words and images. More than fifty poets and writers--including Christopher Cokinos, Alison Hawthorne Deming, Ken Lamberton, Eric Magrane, Jane Miller, Gary Paul Nabhan, Alberto R os, Ofelia Zepeda, and many others--have composed responses to key species of this striking desert. Each creative contribution is joined by an illustration by award-winning artist Paul Mirocha and scientific information about the creature or plant authored by the book's editors. From the saguaro to the mountain lion, from the black-tailed jackrabbit to the mesquite, the species represented here have evoked compelling and creative responses from each contributor. Just as writers such as Edward Abbey and Ellen Meloy have memorialized the desert, this collection is sure to become a new classic, offering up the next generation of voices of this special and beautiful place, the Sonoran Desert. |