For the Good of All, Do Not Destroy the Birds: Essays by Moxley, Jennifer

For the Good of All, Do Not Destroy the Birds: Essays

Literary Nonfiction. Essays. A blend of literary criticism and memoir, Jennifer Moxley's FOR THE GOOD OF ALL,...
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For the Good of All, Do Not Destroy the Birds: Essays by Moxley, Jennifer

For the Good of All, Do Not Destroy the Birds: Essays

$64.38

For the Good of All, Do Not Destroy the Birds: Essays

$64.38
Author: Jennifer Moxley
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

Literary Nonfiction. Essays. A blend of literary criticism and memoir, Jennifer Moxley's FOR THE GOOD OF ALL, DO NOT DESTROY THE BIRDS recounts a life spent in the company of birds and poems, intimately attuned to the mysteries of singing. These essays trace the poet's calling to sources in birdsong and sacrifice, asking, Must a woman be sentenced to endless night for a poet to be born? From the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice to the death of the poet's mother, Moxley explores the losses that underlie poetry, and in turn, poetry's use as a measure for living.

FOR THE GOOD OF ALL, DO NOT DESTROY THE BIRDS opens a magical place of clean-lined prose, scholarly knowledge, and inspiration. The writing is deep and lucid, it cuts to the bone and yet respects the mystery of things. It works by a literary transfiguration. The poet shines with bright rays of thought and skill as she stands on a mount of experience created by the songs of poets and birds--from Sappho and Ovid to Robert Duncan and Anne Carson, from nightingales to lyrebirds--until they appear next to her and converse with her as she writes.--Robert Adamson



Author: Jennifer Moxley
Publisher: Flood Editions
Published: 09/01/2021
Pages: 200
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.52lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.20w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781733273466


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 05/31/2021

About the Author
Moxley, Jennifer: - Jennifer Moxley is a poet, essayist, and translator. She lives in Maine with her husband Steve Evans. Her recent books include FOR THE GOOD OF ALL, DO NOT DESTROY THE BIRDS: ESSAYS (Flood Editions, 2021), DRUTHERS (Flood Editions, 2018), THE OPEN SECRET (Flood Editions, 2014) THER ARE THINGS WE LIVE AMONG (Flood Editions, 2012), and CLAMPDOWN (Flood Editions, 2009).

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