For the Sake of the Light

For the Sake of the LightThis collection of new and selected poems by the former poet laureate of Alaska, Tom Sexton, opens a door on the essence of life in Alaska and Maine. Sexton divides his year between the two states, and he captures here the small but powerful sensual details of day to day life in these contrasting, yet similar, environs. His carefully crafted verse distills the birch and aspen, lynx and ptarmigan, and the snow on high peaks. Through his poems we thrill

Donald Davidson

It investigates nannying

This book should sit on the shelf of every public health department and be made available for frontline workers and policymakers alike

Core topics such as irreversibility

Deguy refuses to focus on loss or impossibility

ecological and religious movements

a settlement called Zululand

The anthology's 255 musical examples are organized topically and include excerpts as well as nineteen complete pieces for analysis

but also close cultural ties to Germany

Contributors include Leetta Allen-Haynes

the Wilderness

Amit shows that sexual orientation and left-wing political affiliation play significant roles in decisions to leave