{"product_id":"field-notes-for-the-self-paperback","title":"Field Notes for the Self - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRandy Lundy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eField Notes for the Self\u003c\/i\u003e is a series of dark meditations: spiritual exercises in which the poem becomes a forensics of the soul\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe poems converse with Patrick Lane, John Thompson, and Charles Wright, but their closest cousins may be Arvo Pärt's tintinnabulations--overlapping structures in which notes or images are rung slowly and repeatedly like bells. The goal is freedom from illusion, freedom from memory, from \"the same old stories\" of Lundy's violent past; and freedom, too, from the unreachable memories of the violence done to his Indigenous ancestors, which, Lundy tells us, seem to haunt his cellular biology. Rooted in exquisitely modulated observations of the natural world, the singular achievement of these poems is mind itself, suspended before interior vision like a bit of crystal twisting in the light. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Randy Lundy: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Here is a poet of whom one can say--quietly, simply, with gratitude--that highest of praises: the real thing.\" --Jane Hirshfield, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Randy Lundy has entered the place where the masters reside...\" --Patrick Lane, author of \u003ci\u003eWashita\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRandy Lundy is a member of the Barren Lands (Cree) First Nation. Born in northern Manitoba, he has lived most of his life in Saskatchewan. He has published three previous books, \u003ci\u003eUnder the Night Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Gift of the Hawk\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBlackbird Song\u003c\/i\u003e. His work has been widely anthologized.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 28, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42710682599487,"sku":"9780889776913","price":20.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/01827d8ce8f9b6a058b665babe8bf8be.webp?v=1765055803","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/field-notes-for-the-self-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}