| A Field Guide to the Heavens: Volume 15 Contributor(s): Gaspar, Frank X. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0299165248 ISBN-13: 9780299165246 Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1999 Annotation: Frank X. Gaspar's collection of poems is haunted by the presence of mystics and visionaries: Mohammed, Buddha, St. Paul, Augustine, George Herbert, Emily Dickinson, Blake, Milton, Rilke. A Field Guide to the Heavens is punctuated with designs of science, the wondering and rapt observations of the sky made at the eyepiece of a backyard telescope. We come to know Gaspar's city streets, the neighbors and strangers that walk them, the wreckage of past lives, the ocean, the gardens, the orchards and alleys and parking lots, all spread out under the vast sky. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - African American |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| LCCN: 99015687 |
| Series: Brittingham Prize in Poetry |
| Physical Information: 0.31" H x 5.99" W x 8.98" (0.31 lbs) 100 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Explaining the potential dangers facing our world, this series offers positive suggestions for securing our future. The books demystify terms such as global warming, acid rain and ozone layer and discuss how real the dangers are, what is being done today and what can be done in the future. The titles should provide a useful resource for students studying areas of the curriculum involving science, technology, geography and environmental studies. This title examines the area of future power. |