{"product_id":"voices-places-david-mason-9781589881235","title":"Voices, Places: Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Mason reveals a glorious passion for literature, as well as an almost Whitmanesque openness to the ideas and emotions that inspire creative acts at all levels.\"--\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An illuminating literary cartography with many fascinating ports of call.\"--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Mason expertly weaves the stories of great writers and places both ancient and new together into an imaginative literary odyssey.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"How are voices like places? They move through us as we move through them.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCelebrated poet David Mason explores surprising connections in geography and time, considering writers who traveled, who emigrated or were exiled, and who often shaped the literature of their homelands. He writes of seasoned travelers (Patrick Leigh Fermor, Bruce Chatwin, Joseph Conrad, Herodotus himself), and writers as far flung as Omar Khayyam, Jamal al-Din al-Afghani, James Joyce, and Les Murray. In the end, he turns to his own native region, the American West, with Wallace Stegner, Edward Abbey, Robinson Jeffers, Belle Turnbull, and Thomas McGrath.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese essays are about familiarity and estrangement, the pleasure and knowledge readers can gain by engaging with writers' lives, their travels, their trials, and the homes they make for themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Mason\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of numerous books of poetry, most recently \u003ci\u003eSea Salt\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDavey McGravy\u003c\/i\u003e; a memoir, \u003ci\u003eNews from the Village\u003c\/i\u003e; and a novel, \u003ci\u003eLudlow\u003c\/i\u003e. A former Fulbright fellow to Greece, he lives in Colorado and Oregon and teaches at Colorado College.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Mason\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1589881230\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781589881235\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Dry Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/09\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 250\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/20\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2018 pg. 101","brand":"David Mason","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43939838951679,"sku":"9781589881235","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_180780ad-34ea-43a8-bc54-3150b63771a6.jpg?v=1681443787","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/voices-places-david-mason-9781589881235","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}