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An immersive exploration of the nightly presence that has captured
our imagination for the entirety of human history. "When the Moon
rises between buildings or over trees, it’s not just a beautiful
light: It’s an archive of human longing, fear and adventure. The
Moon is more than a rock. It’s a story.” In the luminously told
Still As Bright, the story of the Moon traverses time and space,
rendering a range of human experiences—from the beliefs of
ancient cultures to the science of Galileo’s telescopic
discoveries, from the obsessions of colorful 19th century
“selenographers” to the astronauts of Apollo and, now, Artemis.
Still As Bright also traces Cokinos's own lunar pilgrimage. With
his backyard telescope, he explores the surface of the Moon, while
rooted in places both domestic and wild, and this award-winning
poet and writer rediscovers feelings of solace, love and wonder in
the midst of loss and change. Simultaneously steeped in rigorous
cultural and scientific history, as well as memoir, Still As Bright
is a thoughtful, deeply moving, evergreen natural history. It takes
readers on a lyrical journey that spans the human understanding of
our closest celestial neighbor, whose multi-faceted appeal has
worked on witches, scientists, poets, engineers and even
billionaires. Still As Bright is a must-read for anyone who has
ever looked up into the night sky in awe and wonder. Readers will
never look at the Moon the same way again.
In this acclaimed volume, prizewinning poet and nature writer
Christopher Cokinos takes us on an epic journey from Antarctica to
outer space, weaving together natural history, memoir, and in-depth
profiles of amateur researchers, rogue scientists, and stargazing
dreamers to tell the riveting tale of how the study of meteorites
became a modern science.
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.
An award-winning nature writer weaves natural history and personal
experience into the dramatic story of the last days of six North
American bird species. With a compelling blend of science, history,
politics, and memoir, Cokino draws on unpublished photographs and
documents to make these long-vanished birds come alive.
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