{"product_id":"man-afield-jim-krosschell-9781962374798","title":"Man Afield","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMan Afield\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is a lyrical journey through the living world, guided by a backyard naturalist attuned to both wonder and warning. These poems chronicle spiritual and physical excursions into landscapes larger than any one mind or body - places where awe, joy, disorientation, and reckoning intertwine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrganized in six evocative sections, the collection: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI. bears witness from a seaside deck;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eII. wanders through yard and neighboring woods;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIII. explores the shifting shoreline;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIV. imagines the vast and restless ocean;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eV. surveys the scars of environmental damage;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVI. honors home in its many meanings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout, the poems dwell in the charged space where humans and the natural world meet. They examine our peculiar paradox: we are the only species that knowingly fouls its own nest - and the only one capable of choosing restraint. With clear-eyed honesty, \u003cem\u003eMan Afield\u003c\/em\u003e mourns the grinding erosion of precious places while celebrating the stubborn beauty that persists despite us - and sometimes because of us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom deck to forest trail, from tidal pull to smoke-streaked sky, these poems trace one person's evolving relationship with plants, animals, weather, memory, and spirit. Intimate yet expansive, they invite readers to travel outward into the wild and inward toward belonging.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMan Afield\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is at once a field journal, a meditation, and a love song - to earth, to home, and to the fragile bond between them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jim Krosschell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1962374793\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781962374798\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Prolific Pulse Press LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 82\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.17d","brand":"Jim Krosschell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48440889671935,"sku":"9781962374798","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4676b77e-05a7-427b-9cec-a74e499dbe76.jpg?v=1777187346","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/man-afield-jim-krosschell-9781962374798","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}