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| The Urge to Travel Long Distances |
| Robert Bly |
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| "I was amazed at the permission the land gave to be untroubled, to spend long hours doing nothing, to pay attention to the wind and the land only a few years removed from the prairie." —Robert Bly, from the Introduction |
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Poetry
48 Pages
ISBN: 1-59766-004-3
Paper: $18.00
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One of America's best-known poets, Robert Bly presents this previously unpublished collection of 20 pastoral poems reflecting the nexus of the human and natural world. This special trade edition is being published to coincide with Bly's appearance at the 7th Annual Get Lit! festival on April 17th, 2005, in Spokane, Washington.
Isn't it possible the moon is a stone
Balanced by a child on a fence post?
Perhaps some day a man walking alone
Will find the moon by surprise in the grass.
............................ —from “The Moon”
This book is also available in a Letterpress Edition
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| Robert Bly lives in Minneapolis with his wife. He is that rare poet who doesn't teach but earns his living solely by writing and speaking. He is the author of Iron John: A Book About Men and over thirty books of poetry, including The Night Abraham Called to the Stars (2001); What Have I Ever Lost by Dying?: Collected Prose Poems (1992); and The Light Around the Body (1967), which won the National Book Award. His newest book, Turkish Pears in August, is due out in Fall 2007 from EWU Press. |
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| Praise for The Urge to Travel Long Distances |
“When the cultural and intellectual history of our time is written, Robert Bly will be recognized as the catalyst for a sweeping cultural revolution."
—Robert Moore |
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“At times, he is Thoreau in Minnesota, scrupulously observing the natural world, preserving the wilderness that is both within and without, unleashing his wrath against imperial power.”
—Edward Hirsch, The Washington Post |
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| For more information on Robert Bly, visit his website: www.robertbly.com |
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