Mendocino County in northwestern California has long been a haven for poetry and the arts. This enticing, moving book collects works by 63 distinctive voices of rich and varied emotional tone. Some of the better known poets included are Sharon Doubiago, ruth weiss, Julia Butterfly Hill, Jane Reichhold, Cynthia Frank, Karin Faulkner, Devreaux Baker, Bobby Markels, Theresa Whitehill, Fionna Perkins and Lydia Rand. The poets, ranging in age from 14 to 88, present works arising from the spirit of place that explores intimate personal experience, resulting in a fascinating tapestry of rural lives

Wood, Water, Air and Fire: The Anthology of Mendocino Women Poets

Literature & Fiction

Doubiago, Sharon

Maeder, Susan

Baker, Devreaux

Poetry

Pot Shard Pr

<p>Poetry. Native American Studies. RED WILLOW PEOPLE is like sacred text from the great spirit, great mother earth, wisdom beyond knowing, Holy Writ. As Cynthia Hogue, author of The Incognito Body and Or Consequence, writes: "One enters Devreaux Baker's haunting new collection, RED WILLOW PEOPLE, as one would sacred terrain. These poems are spare, tactile and textured, but they hover between worlds: 'I do not know why the ghost of the woman from the pueblo / visits me,' one speaker confesses. This visitation is a gift, but it carries with it the task of journeying to that 'core place / where bone meets spirit,' 'the other side of air,' through time and 'beyond knowing.' RED WILLOW PEOPLE is a book of visionary medicine, for though Baker walks through 'the thin field / of grief,' she does so to instruct and heal, walking in a rare beauty and in magic to write these gorgeously wise poems."</p>

Red Willow People

Wild Ocean Press

<p>Poetry. Devreaux Baker is a poet with the voice and vision of a prophet, a necromancer, a 21st century Cassandra. HUNGRY GHOSTS is one of the most important and beautiful books of our time, the culmination of a lifetime of meditation and examination of our interconnectedness and presence within our environment, our planet, our cosmos. Her poetry is stunning, lyrical, lush and profound; it opens us to a wider consciousness and meaning, a deeper understanding of our world and our responsibility as stewards of that world, the space we inhabit and depend on for existence. It will leave you breathless, depressed, enraged, hopeful, exhilarated. It will remain in your consciousness, your DNA, your soul, forever. As Katherine Hastings says, "A deep wisdom runs throughout Devreaux Baker's work--a reminder that we are not merely connected to nature, but that we are part of nature itself." It is a reminder that we all need if we are to survive these precarious and turbulent times.</p>

Hungry Ghosts

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