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This is a book of essays about the American West, ranging from what it means to be a poet/artist, to social justice and environmental concerns, to memory, place, and landscape. It's about looking beyond our borders for reconciliation and lessons about how we might address similar issues at home.

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These wonderfully adroit essays speak to and for the poetry of the earth and the poetry that emanates from the hands of men and women. Why such poetry matters and how we all need such poetry are the well-springs of much deliberation and much lucid feeling. This book is a testament in the truest sense of the word. --Baron Wormser, author of The Road Washes Out in Spring: A Poet's Memoir of Living Off the Grid Griffin's lyrical essays reveal the complexities and spirit of poets and poems. --Publishers Weekly

Griffin's lyrical essays reveal the complexities and spirit of poets and poems. --Publishers Weekly

These wonderfully adroit essays speak to and for the poetry of the earth and the poetry that emanates from the hands of men and women. Why such poetry matters and how we all need such poetry are the well-springs of much deliberation and much lucid feeling. This book is a testament in the truest sense of the word. --Baron Wormser, author of The Road Washes Out in Spring: A Poet's Memoir of Living Off the Grid Publishers Weekly Griffin's lyrical essays reveal the complexities and spirit of poets and poems. -- Publishers Weekly

Griffin's lyrical essays reveal the complexities and spirit of poets and poems. --Publishers Weekly These wonderfully adroit essays speak to and for the poetry of the earth and the poetry that emanates from the hands of men and women. Why such poetry matters and how we all need such poetry are the well-springs of much deliberation and much lucid feeling. This book is a testament in the truest sense of the word. --Baron Wormser, author of The Road Washes Out in Spring: A Poet's Memoir of Living Off the Grid

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Shaun Griffin is a poet, writer, teacher and activist. He is the co-founder of Community Chest, a non-profit agency which has served children and families in northwestern Nevada since 1991, and has taught a poetry workshop at Northern Nevada Correctional Center for over two decades. Griffin has received numerous awards for his work, including the Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts in 1995, the Mike O'Callaghan Humanitarian Award in 2004, and the Rosemary McMillan Award for Lifetime Achievement in Art from Sierra Arts Foundation in 2006. In 2014, he was inducted into the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame. He lives in Virginia City, Nevada.

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