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The Sonoran Desert - A Literary Field Guide (Paperback)
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The Sonoran Desert - A Literary Field Guide (Paperback)
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A land of austerity and bounty, the Sonoran Desert is a place that
captures imaginations and hearts. It is a place where barbs snag,
thorns prick, and claws scratch. A place where lizards scramble and
it's a book to walk with, a book to scribble in, and even a book to
use as a cushion if the desert rock you tried to sit on was too
sharp. A place where lizards scramble and pause, hawks hunt like
wolves, and bobcats skulk in creosote. Both literary anthology and
hands-on field guide, The Sonoran Desert is a groundbreaking book
that melds art and science. It captures the stunning biodiversity
of the world's most verdant desert through words and images. More
than fifty poets and writers-including Christopher Cokinos, Alison
Hawthorne Deming, Ken Lamberton, Eric Magrane, Jane Miller, Gary
Paul Nabhan, Alberto Rios, Ofelia Zepeda, and many others-have
composed responses to key species of this striking desert. Each
creative contribution is joined by an illustration by award-winning
artist Paul Mirocha and scientific information about the creature
or plant authored by the book's editors. From the saguaro to the
mountain lion, from the black-tailed jackrabbit to the mesquite,
the species represented here have evoked compelling and creative
responses from each contributor. Just as writers such as Edward
Abbey and Ellen Meloy have memorialized the desert, this collection
is sure to become a new classic, offering up the next generation of
voices of this special and beautiful place, the Sonoran Desert.
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