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  • Zoopoetics

    Animals and the Making of Poetry

    by Aaron M. Moe ...
    Zoopoetics assumes Aristotle was right. The general origin of poetry resides, in part, in the instinct to imitate. But it is an innovative imitation. An exploration of the oeuvres of Walt Whitman, E. E. Cummings, W. S. Merwin, and Brenda Hillman reveals the many places where an imitation of another species’ poiesis (Greek, makings) contributes to breakthroughs in poetic form. However, humans are ... Read more

    $62.99 CAD

  • Ecocriticism and the Poiesis of Form

    Holding on to Proteus

    by Aaron Moe ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in World Literatures and the Environment
    Ecocriticism and the Poiesis of Form: Holding on to Proteus demonstrates how a fractal imagination helps one hold the form of a poem within the reaches of Deep Time, and it explores the kinship between the hazy, liminal moment when Sound becomes Syllable and the hazy, liminal moment when the sage energy of the Atom made a leap toward the gaze of the first cell, to echo Merwin. Moe distills his ... Read more

    $92.06 CAD

  • A Pack of Therapy Dogs

    Helping People One Wag at a Time

    by Angela Moe, Aaron Abla ...
    "Therapy dogs are specially trained animals whose job is to help people feel better in a variety of settings. This book shares the stories of Sunny, Oreo, and Poppy, a pack of therapy dogs in Michigan. They specialize in helping kids who have gone through tough times as part of the Therapy Dog Clinic at Western Michigan University. They also support folks in schools, hospitals, nursing homes, and ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD

  • Animals in Classic American Poetry

    How Natural History Inspired Great Verse

    by Mary McAleer Balkun, Margarida Vale de Gato, Aaron Moe, Brian Yothers, Susan L. Roberson, Philip Edward Phillips, Heather Cass White, Calista McRae, Daniel Cross Turner, Thomas C. Gannon ...
    Series series Integrative Natural History Series, sponsored by the Museum of Natural History Collections, Sam Houston State University
    In this companion volume to Animals in the American Classics: How Natural History Inspired Great Fiction, John Cullen Gruesser brings together leading experts who explore the integral role animals play in American poetry. The ten essays in Animals in Classic American Poetry: How Natural History Inspired Great Verse showcase how the natural history of and imagery relating to animals have inspired ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

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    Thoughts on Words, Women, Places

    by Ursula K. Le Guin ...
    "Ursula Le Guin at her best . . . This is an important collection of eloquent, elegant pieces by one of our most acclaimed contemporary writers." —Elizabeth Hand, The Washington Post Book World"I have decided that the trouble with print is, it never changes its mind," writes Ursula K. Le Guin in her introduction to Dancing at the Edge of the World. But she has, and here is the record of that ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • The Kingdom of Speech

    by Tom Wolfe ...
    The legendary reporter and author of The Right Stuff takes on Darwin, Chomsky, and the origin of language in "his boldest bit of dueling yet" ( The New York Times).Tom Wolfe, the great journalist-provocateur, aims his piercing wit at the presiding theories of what makes us human. The Kingdom of Speech is a captivating, paradigm-shifting argument that speech—not evolution—is responsible for ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

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  • Mr. Wilson's Cabinet Of Wonder

    Pronged Ants, Horned Humans, Mice on Toast, and Other Marvels of Jurassic Techno logy

    by Lawrence Weschler ...
    Finalist for Pulitzer Prize for General NonfictionFinalist for National Book Critics Circle Award for NonfictionPronged ants, horned humans, a landscape carved on a fruit pit--some of the displays in David Wilson's Museum of Jurassic Technology are hoaxes. But which ones? As he guides readers through an intellectual hall of mirrors, Lawrence Weschler revisits the 16th-century "wonder cabinets" ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • The Invisible Pyramid

    A Library of America eBook Classic

    by Loren Eiseley ...
    A revered ecologist and conservationist examines the origins and possible futures of humankind within the context of the Space Age, masterfully “[communicating] the awesome spectacle of our environmental crisis” (New York Times Book Review)To read Loren Eiseley is to renew a sense of wonder at the miracles and paradoxes of evolution and the ever-changing diversity of life. In this brilliant ... Read more

    $20.79 CAD

  • Worries Are Not Forever

    by Elizabeth Verdick ...
    Illustrated by Marieka Heinlen ...
    Series series Best Behavior®
    Help kids recognize feelings of worry and develop healthy ways to copeWorries and what ifs pop up all the time—and then they go away again. In Worries Are Not Forever, children learn that worrying thoughts are safe and fleeting. Whether their worries are big or small, this reassuring book shows kids ages 4–7 how to shrink worried thoughts by talking about them, asking for a hug, going outside, ... Read more

    $15.39 CAD

  • Second Words

    by Margaret Atwood ...
    Series series A List
    Reissued in a handsome A List edition, the largest collection of critical prose to date from world renowned author and poet Margaret Atwood, featuring an introduction by Lennie Goodings.Originally published in 1982, Second Words brings together fifty of Margaret Atwood’s finest essays and reviews spanning two decades, beginning in 1962, with an introduction and commentary by the author.With her ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Poem Is You

    60 Contemporary American Poems and How to Read Them

    by Stephanie Burt ...
    A delightful and provocative journey across four decades of contemporary American poetry with Stephanie Burt, “the leading poetry critic of her generation” (New York Times), as our surefooted guide.In The Poem Is You, critic and poet Stephanie Burt canvasses contemporary American poetry —from the urgency of Claudia Rankine’s Citizento the limitless energy of Juan Felipe Herrera and the erotic ... Read more

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  • A Kid's Guide to Keeping Family First

    by J. S. Jackson ...
    Illustrated by R. W. Alley ...
    Series series Elf-help Books for Kids
    In these hectic times, kids can become overwhelmed with activities that are a distraction from home and family. This 32-page book can help keep it all in perspective, as well as provide suggestions on how to keep family time fun. ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus