{"product_id":"earth-works-selected-essays-paperback-softback-9780253000958","title":"Earth Works; Selected Essays (Paperback \/ softback) 9780253000958","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eEarth Works\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eSelected Essays\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eScott Russell Sanders (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253000958\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 February 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e376 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.635 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e[The essays in Earth Works are . . . a rich mix of beautifully crafted and progressive pieces that engage the reader in a long conversation. They are best read slowly, providing time to consider Sanders' propositions, his keen insight and lessons, his critical questioning.\u003c\/p\u003e (Terrain.org) \u003cp\u003eIt's hard to think of a writer today who is better at finding and expressing the profound nature discovered in such simple gifts as a shared meal or a walk in the woods.\u003c\/p\u003e (indianalivinggreen.com) \u003cp\u003eNature, in all of its manifestations—physical, spiritual, geographical—runs through everything that Sanders writes and supplies the materials for much of his vivid and compelling imagery, as well as his inpiration and concern.\u003c\/p\u003e (Bloom) \u003cp\u003e[T]he essays of Earth Works are full of energy, hope and life.\u003c\/p\u003e (Englewood Review of Books) \u003cp\u003eBy turns somber and snap-out-of-it buoyant, these elegant artifacts of restless inquiry cover subjects as intimate as the author's sexual awakening and his father's alcoholism, as broad as the origins of the universe and the disarray of contemporary hyper-urban society.\u003c\/p\u003e (The Indianapolis Star) \u003cp\u003eIn language that's patient, probing and precise, Sanders . . . has, over the past 30 years or so, built a body of work articulating what it means to live during this time on planet Earth and, particularly, that part of the planet called the American Midwest.\u003c\/p\u003e (NUVO) \u003cp\u003eCollectively, these essays invite the reader to gaze more clearly at the world outside his own window—a reminder, as Sanders puts it, that all there is to see 'can be seen from anywhere in the universe, if you know how to look . . . '\u003c\/p\u003e (Barnes \u0026amp; Noble Review) \u003cp\u003eAmong the thirty essays it contains, Earth Works offers a thought-provoking mix of old and new. The nine new pieces included in the back of Earth Works . . . are themselves worth the sticker price.\u003c\/p\u003e (The Fourth River)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the hands of award-winning writer Scott Russell Sanders, the essay becomes an inquisitive and revelatory form of art. In 30 of his finest essays—nine never before collected—Sanders examines his Midwestern background, his father's drinking, his opposition to war, his literary inheritance, and his feeling for wildness. He also tackles such vital issues as the disruption of Earth's climate, the impact of technology, the mystique of money, the ideology of consumerism, and the meaning of sustainability. Throughout, he asks perennial questions: What is a good life? How do family and culture shape a person's character? How should we treat one another and the Earth? What is our role in the cosmos? Readers and writers alike will find wisdom and inspiration in Sanders's luminous and thought-provoking prose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eThe Singular First Person\u003cbr\u003eAt Play in the Paradise of Bombs\u003cbr\u003eThe Men We Carry in Our Minds\u003cbr\u003eDoing Time in the Thirteenth Chair\u003cbr\u003eThe Inheritance of Tools\u003cbr\u003eUnder the Influence\u003cbr\u003eLooking at Women\u003cbr\u003eReasons of the Body\u003cbr\u003eAfter the Flood\u003cbr\u003eHouse and Home\u003cbr\u003eStaying Put\u003cbr\u003eWayland\u003cbr\u003eLetter to a Reader\u003cbr\u003eBuckeye\u003cbr\u003eThe Common Life\u003cbr\u003eVoyageurs\u003cbr\u003eMountain Music\u003cbr\u003eWildness\u003cbr\u003eBeauty\u003cbr\u003eSilence\u003cbr\u003eThe Force of Spirit\u003cbr\u003eThe Uses of Muscle\u003cbr\u003eA Private History of Awe\u003cbr\u003eA Road into Chaos and Old Night\u003cbr\u003eWords Addressed to Our Condition Exactly\u003cbr\u003eHonoring the Ordinary\u003cbr\u003eSpeaking for the Land\u003cbr\u003eThe Mystique of Money\u003cbr\u003eBuffalo Eddy\u003cbr\u003eMind in the Forest\u003cbr\u003eNotes and Acknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52523559158040,"sku":"9780253000958","price":18.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/earth-works-selected-essays-paperback-softback-9780253000958","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}