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The Wild Braid

A Poet Reflects on a Century in the Garden

Stanley Kunitz author Genine Lentine author Marnie Crawford Samuelson illustrator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:WW Norton & Co

Published:1st May '07

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

The Wild Braid cover

Throughout his life (1905-2006) Stanley Kunitz created poetry and tended gardens. This book is the distillation of conversations, none previously published, that took place between 2002 and 2004. Beginning with the garden, that "work of the imagination," the explorations journey through personal recollections, the creative process, and the harmony of the life cycle. A bouquet of poems and a total of 26 full-color photographs accompany the various sections. The Wild Braid received a 2006 American Horticultural Society Book Award.

"No one who has ever gardened passionately will be a stranger to the sentiments Kunitz expresses about this act of domestic creation, but very few of us will ever come close to writing about it with his grace and clarity. This is indeed a book to cherish." -- Kate Tyndall - Raleigh News & Observer
"A miracle." -- Galway Kinnell

  • Winner of American Horticultural Society Book Award 2006

ISBN: 9780393329971

Dimensions: 211mm x 160mm x 10mm

Weight: 332g

144 pages