in the shelter of the covered bridge Contributor(s): Tims, Jane Spavold (Author) |
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ISBN: 1988299101 ISBN-13: 9781988299105 Publisher: Chapel Street Editions OUR PRICE: $22.80 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Canadian - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Nature |
Physical Information: 0.42" H x 7.5" W x 9.25" (0.81 lbs) 154 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The unusual thing about in the shelter of the covered bridge is the unity of focus the poet-artist-biologist has achieved with this book. While each element of the book has its own narrative stance, the poems, the drawings, and the natural history notes come together in a way that has an appealing and satisfying unity for ear, eye, and mind. Jane is not a poet who puts all her aesthetic eggs in one basket. She moves easily between modes of expression. She is a connoisseur of land and life, an emissary for the intertwining stories of natural history and human culture. Readers attracted by the poems and drawings pick up a good deal of natural and cultural history as well. Readers attracted to the natural and cultural history have their knowledge graced with the sounds of wind and water, and with the images of plants and animals that live "in the shelter of the covered bridge." With her poetic, artistic, and research skills steering the ship, Jane is now sailing out once again into the geographic by-ways and cultural history of the province. She has a similar book project under way on the environments and cultural settings of one-room schoolhouses. |
Contributor Bio(s): Tims, Jane Spavold: - Jane Spavold Tims is a botanist, historian, artist and writer. Her poetry, fiction, drawings and paintings are presented at www.janetims.com. Jane lives in the community of Rusagonis, New Brunswick. |