Animal, Mineral, Radical (eBook)

BK Loren (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2013
204 Seiten
Counterpoint (Verlag)
978-1-61902-201-0 (ISBN)

Infos

From the acclaimed author of Theft: ';A lyrical exploration of the timeless themes of nature, mortality, love, and family' in the American West (Kristen Iverson, author of Full Body Burden). ';Radical, before it meant a person who advocates strong political reform, meant getting to the root of things, the origin. It comes from the Latin radix, radicis, meaning radish, a root vegetable.' BK Loren These meditative essays range in subject from a transcendental encounter with a pack of coyotes to the irony of a neighbor's claim that nature ';has gone out of vogue'; from a mother's slow deterioration from Parkinson's disease to the unexpected way the Loma Prieta earthquake eroded the author's depression by offering her a sense of her small place in our wild and worthwhile world. Award-winning writer and naturalist BK Loren takes an empathetic and gentle approach to the intricacies of human relationships and the nature of consciousness. Fear of death and time, cooperation born of clashing viewpoints, the beauty of tradition even when it's destructive, a love of language, a sense of loss amid the fast-paced materialistic worldthrough each of these subjects and more, Loren peels back the layers of her own life, revealing what it means to be a human being in these often inhumane times.

Autor

BK Loren has worked as a naturalist, assistant chef, ranch hand, furniture maker, UPS driver, college professor and many other things. She attended the Iowa Writer’s Workshop and currently teaches writing at Chatham University’s low residency program, the Iowa Summer Writing Festival, and other venues throughout North America. She is a winner of the Mary Roberts-Rinehart National Fellowship and also the author of the novel, Theft. Her work has been nominated for Pushcart Prizes three times. Loren lives with her partner, two dogs, and two cats in Colorado.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.2.2013
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: animal mineral radical • bk lauren • bk lore • bk loren • bk lorn • bk oren • colorado author • colorado book award • colorado books • Coyotes • dealing with illness • essays on family • essays on food • essays on nature • essays on wildlife • iowa writers workshop authors • mary roberst rinehart national fellowship • Parkinsons • pushcart prize nominee • radical essays • Theft • theft author • wildlife family food
• ISBN-10: 1-61902-201-X / 161902201X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-61902-201-0 / 9781619022010