Bloom & Blossom: The Reader's Guide to Gardening - Hardcover

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9780880014731: Bloom & Blossom: The Reader's Guide to Gardening

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0880014733 ISBN 13: 9780880014731

Publisher: Ecco Pr, 1997

Contains a diverse collection of fiction, poetry, and essays treating the social, political, and practical aspects of gardening. Contributors range from Henry David Thoreau to Allen Lacy, Katha Pollitt, and Wendell Berry. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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From Library Journal:

One of the things gardeners like best to do, when they can't actually go and dig in the dirt, is to read about how other gardeners feel about gardening. Gathered by a poet, scholar, and gardener, this collection of writings satisfies that urge with a medley of essays, poetry, and fiction largely by 20th-century writers but leavened with a few historical offerings. The four sections each have a theme: the connection between garden and family, seeds, the garden in the natural world, and the garden in history and society. The selections themselves range from Jane Smiley's tale of a family who have gone "back to the land," to a historical piece on Soviet scientists who starved in the siege of Stalingrad rather than eat the seeds they were trusted to guard, to Catherine Sneed on her work with prisoners and gardens. Readers won't learn any techniques in this volume but will find an affirmation of the emotional benefits of working the soil. For collections where gardening essays are popular.?Molly Newling, Piscataway P.L., N.J.
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Review:

Bloom & Blossom: The Reader's Guide To Gardening is an invigorating gathering of fiction, poetry, and essays that reveals the powerful appeal of one of America's most enduring passions. Poet, scholar, and gardener Mary Swander juxtaposes excerpts from early American settlers with 19th century classics and the wok of prominent 20th century writers to offer new perspectives on the seductive pleasure of coaxing flowers, fruits, and vegetables from the earth. Bloom & Blossom delves into the emotional, social, and ecological implications of our passion for nurturing the fruits of the earth. Bloom & Blossom is a highly recommended attention to any gardening bookshelf! -- Midwest Book Review

What Goes Wrong by Julia Alvarez
Daisies by Louise Gluck
An Insider's View Of The Garden by Maxine W. Kumin
Touch Me by Stanley Jasspon Kunitz
Lapsed Meadow by Stanley Plumly
Tomato by Katha Pollit
Did I Say by Gerald Stern
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder�

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