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Waymarks
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- Book Synopsis
- Waymarks tracks one man through significant encounters with the natural world, around the globe.An Ethiopian lake, an Australian rainforest, an American desert, an English beach: the stage keeps changing, but the intent stays the same. A poet enters a deep dialogue with birds, animals, people, plants, seas, and all the forces that threaten and churn this mix of life.James Thornton is a zen priest, and Waymarks sits alongside other classics of metaphysical writing in which poets bare their soul. Teachings from great figures along the way permeate the collection: a West Coast poet, a Japanese Zen Master, a spiritual leader, and the Dalai Lama.
- About The Author
- The New Statesman named James Thornton as one of 10 people who could change the world, and he won the Financial Times Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2021, he was a judge of the Laurel Prize, for the world's best collection of ecopoetry. Irish-American, James is also the author of Client Earth (Scribe, 2018) which won a Business Book of the Year Award. James is founder and president of ClientEarth, the leading global not-for-profit law group. This is his third collection.'James Thornton speaks as both a poet who has colonised science and a scientist who speaks a poetic tongue.' - E.O.Wilson'Weaves quiet perception and poignant reflection on humans, animals, and landscape into a shimmering pattern of light.' - Olafur Eliasson
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781909954519
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Barbican Press, (27 June 2022)
- Number of Pages
- 108
- Weight
- 164 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 198 x 127 x 13 mm
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