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portada Songs for Relinquishing the Earth
Type
Physical Book
Author
Publisher
Language
English
Pages
88
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
21.6x15.5x0.8 cm
Weight
0.18 kg.
ISBN
1894078004
ISBN13
9781894078009
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Songs for Relinquishing the Earth

Jan Zwicky (Author) · Brick Books · Paperback

Songs for Relinquishing the Earth - Zwicky, Jan

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Synopsis "Songs for Relinquishing the Earth"

Songs for Relinquishing the Earth contains many poems of praise and grief for the imperilled earth drawing frequently on Jan Zwicky's experience as a musician and philosopher and on the landscapes of the prairies and rural Ontario. Songs for Relinquishing the Earth was first published by the author in 1996 as a hand-made book, each copy individually sewn for its reader in response to a request. It appeared between plain covers on recycled stock, with a small photo (of lavender fields) pasted into each copy. The only publicity was word of mouth. Part of Jan Zwicky's reason for having the author be the maker and distributor of the book was a desire to connect the acts of publication and publicity with the initial act of composition, to have a book whose public gestures were in keeping with the intimacy of the art. She also believed the potential audience was small enough that she could easily sew enough copies to fill requests as they came in. While succeeding in recalling poetry's public life to its roots, she was wrong about the size of that audience and her ability to keep up with demand as word spread, Hence, this facsimile edition. In publishing it, Brick Books has attempted to remain as faithful as possible to the spirit of those original gestures, while making it possible for more readers to have access to this remarkable book.

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