Urban Tumbleweed Notes from a Tanka Diary

Name: Urban Tumbleweed Notes from a Tanka Diary
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ISBN: 9781555976569

ISBN-10: 1555976565

ISBN-13: 9781555976569

Edition: 2013

Authors: Harryette Mullen

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Urban tumbleweed, some people call it,discarded plastic bag we see in every cityblown down the street with vagrant wind. -from Urban Tumbleweed Urban Tumbleweed is the poet Harryette Mullen's exploration of spaces where the city and the natural world collide. Written out of a daily practice of walking, Mullen's stanzas adapt the traditional Japanese tanka, a poetic form suited for recording fleeting impressions, describing environmental transitions, and contemplating the human being's place in the natural world. But, as she writes in her preface, "What is natural about being human? What to make of a city dweller taking a ,nature walk' in a public park while listening to a podcast…

Book details

List price: $15.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Publication date: 11/5/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 120
Size: 5.02" wide x 7.05" long x 0.41" tall
Weight: 0.330
Language: English

Born in Alabama, Harryette Mullen grew up in Texas, and has lived in New Mexico, New York, and California. She currently teaches African American literature, American poetry, and creative writing courses at UCLA.