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In this, his first book of prose, Canadian poet Brian Bartlett offers a = daily diary from spring to spring. In the tradition of John = Clare=E2=80=99s notebooks and letters, Henry David Thoreau=E2=80=99s = journals, and Annie Dillard=E2=80=99s Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, Bartlett = looks at his surroundings with a poet=E2=80=99s eye for detail, his ear = attuned to the ringings of the natural world. Grounded in Nova Scotia, = but reflecting travels further afield to Alberta, Nebraska, New York = City and Ireland, the entries take on the qualities of field reports, = sketches, commentaries, tributes and laments, quotations and collages. = Over 366 daily entries, Bartlett shows that the resonance between human = life and nature is there waiting to be heard. =E2=80=9CThe days are gods,=E2=80=9D wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson. In this = book of days, Bartlett, one of the country=E2=80=99s finest nature = poets, adapts a savvy Internet Age form to reconnect us to the natural = world, the true cradle of human consciousness. By turns playful and = serious, engaging and wholly engaged, this book is an inspired antidote = to the wired world of social ephemera. -- Harry Thurston, author of The Atlantic Coast: A Natural History and = Animals of My Own Kind: New and Selected Poems Reading Brian Bartlett=E2=80=99s book made me want to open my eyes and = ears and heart whenever I stepped out the door. He bears witness to a = forgotten truth that we could awaken to each morning if we chose: = namely, that our days are not faceless units of time to be plied or = hoarded like commodities; they are gifts to be received and fostered in = the same spirit of lavish grace in which they come to us. -- Trevor Herriot, author of River in a Dry Land and Grass, Sky, Song: = Promise and Peril in the World of Grassland Birds ------=_NextPart_000_0020_01CF501A.9C580660 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><HEAD></HEAD> <BODY dir=3Dltr> <DIV dir=3Dltr> <DIV style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000"> <DIV style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: "> <DIV><STRONG>BOOK LAUNCH & READING</STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>RINGING HERE & THERE: A NATURE CALENDAR</EM>=20 </STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG>BY BRIAN BARTLETT</STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG>TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 7:00 PM</STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG>SPRING GARDEN ROAD MEMORIAL LIBRARY, HALIFAX = </STRONG></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><EM>From back cover of book, published by Fitzhenry &=20 Whiteside:</EM></DIV> <DIV><EM></EM> </DIV> <DIV>In this, his first book of prose, Canadian poet Brian Bartlett = offers a=20 daily diary from spring to spring. In the tradition of John = Clare=E2=80=99s notebooks=20 and letters, Henry David Thoreau=E2=80=99s journals, and Annie = Dillard=E2=80=99s <EM>Pilgrim at=20 Tinker Creek</EM>, Bartlett looks at his surroundings with a = poet=E2=80=99s eye for=20 detail, his ear attuned to the ringings of the natural world. Grounded = in Nova=20 Scotia, but reflecting travels further afield to Alberta, Nebraska, New = York=20 City and Ireland, the entries take on the qualities of field reports, = sketches,=20 commentaries, tributes and laments, quotations and collages. Over 366 = daily=20 entries, Bartlett shows that the resonance between human life and nature = is=20 there waiting to be heard.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT style=3D"size: 2" size=3D2>=E2=80=9CThe days are = gods,=E2=80=9D wrote Ralph Waldo=20 Emerson. In this book of days, Bartlett, one of the country=E2=80=99s = finest nature=20 poets, adapts a savvy Internet Age form to reconnect us to the natural = world,=20 the true cradle of human consciousness. By turns playful and serious, = engaging=20 and wholly engaged, this book is an inspired antidote to the wired world = of=20 social ephemera.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT style=3D"size: 2"><FONT style=3D"size: 2"><FONT = style=3D"size: 2"><FONT=20 size=3D2>-- Harry Thurston, author of <EM>The Atlantic Coast: A Natural=20 History</EM> and <EM>Animals of My Own Kind: New and Selected=20 Poems</EM></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><EM><FONT style=3D"size: 2"></FONT></EM><FONT style=3D"size: = 2"></FONT><FONT=20 style=3D"size: 2"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT style=3D"size: 2" size=3D2>Reading Brian Bartlett=E2=80=99s = book made me want to=20 open my eyes and ears and heart whenever I stepped out the door. He = bears=20 witness to a forgotten truth that we could awaken to each morning if we = chose:=20 namely, that our days are not faceless units of time to be plied or = hoarded like=20 commodities; they are gifts to be received and fostered in the same = spirit of=20 lavish grace in which they come to us.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT style=3D"size: 2"><FONT style=3D"size: 2"><FONT = style=3D"size: 2"><FONT=20 size=3D2>-- Trevor Herriot, author of <EM>River in a Dry Land</EM> and = <EM>Grass,=20 Sky, Song: Promise and Peril in the World of Grassland=20 Birds</EM></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><EM><FONT style=3D"size: 2"></FONT></EM><FONT style=3D"size: = 2"></FONT><FONT=20 style=3D"size: 2"></FONT><FONT=20 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0020_01CF501A.9C580660--
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