Manatee/Humanity
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A fascinating work from an internationally renowned poet Anne Waldman's new investigative hybrid-poem explores the nuances of inter-species communication and compassion. It draws on animal lore, animal encounters (with grey wolf and manatee), dreams, evolutionary biology, neuroscience, and Buddhist ritual to render a text of remarkable sympathy, reciprocity, and power. The poem asks questions as well as urges further engagement with the endangered (including our human selves). Part performance litany, part survival kit, part worried mammalian soundings, Waldman explores, as ever, what it means to inhabit our condition through language and imagination inside a wheel of time. This is the mature work of a philosophical field poet with a shamanic metabolism.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0143115219
ISBN13:9780143115212
Release Date:April 2009
Publisher:Penguin Adult Hc/Tr
Length:144 Pages
Weight:0.45 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 5.8" x 8.8"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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An intriguing work of verse, sure to make many a reader ponder their roots
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
They share the earth with us, but do we truly understand them? "Manatee/Humanity" is a collection of poetry from Anne Waldman, who presents a collection of poetry focusing on the relationships that mankind has with the animal kingdom. Drawing inspiration from evolution, animal empathy, and all things that link humans with the rest of their animal brethren, "Manatee/Humanity" is an intriguing work of verse, sure to make many a reader ponder their roots.
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