| Description |
210 pages ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
Damage -- Healing -- A remarkable man [Nate Shaw] -- Harry Caudill in the Cumberlands -- A few words in favor of Edward Abbey -- Wallace Stegner and the great community -- A poem of difficult hope -- Style and grace -- Writer and region -- The responsibility of the poet -- God and country -- A practical harmony -- An argument for diversity -- What are people for? -- Waste -- Economy and pleasure -- The pleasures of eating -- The work of local culture -- Why I am not going to buy a computer -- Feminism, the body, and the machine -- Word and flesh -- Nature as measure. |
| Summary |
Essays on Nate Shaw, Harry Caudill, Edward Abbey, Wallace Stegner, diversity, waste, eating, local culture, consumption, conservation, environmental concerns, and other topics. |
| Subject |
Essays.
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Essays. (OCoLC)fst00915437
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| Genre/Form |
Essays (OCoLC)fst01919922
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Essays.
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| ISBN |
0865474206 (alk. paper) |
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9780865474208 (alk. paper) |
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0865474370 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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9780865474376 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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