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A Cartography of Peace
A Cartography of Peace | Jean L. Connor
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Poetry. "Only some art knows how to teach us how to live, and in a way that we are willing, ardently willing, to be taught. Jean Connor's A CARTOGRAPHY OF PEACE is that kind of book. By turns 'wildly admiring' or 'sitting beneath the tutelage of the dark,' these poems take hold of me and sit me down in an attention to both language and the natural world that is riveting and wrought, silence-filled and sublime. 'Time to read/ something old/ deeper than August,' says the speaker in one poem. Yes. Indeed. Right here. This whole book"--Robin Behn.
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BkClubCare
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#iLovePie #LitPie #June9isStrawberryRhubarbPieDay

Absolutely loving this collection. And now I encounter pie. I declare it a 5 slicer already. 🥧🤩💖

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kspenmoll
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Thrift books is the best. They have a special rate for teachers right now that I am taking full advantage of!
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BkClubCare I am LOVING Cartography! 3w
BkClubCare And, the book FEELS is excellent. Nice physicalness. 3w
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BkClubCare
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Next up for my #PoemAday
In researching the poet, I find she was a retired librarian in Vermont; started writing poems well into her 80s. Her tribute from the publisher at her death at the age of 102 was so lovely- I am excited to read this and am already contemplating buying her second collection. 💖

Pic with my only “map art” -3 dimensional Narragansett Bay RI.

kspenmoll New poet to me. Thank you! 4w
Suet624 I used to work in the retirement home she lived in. Never knew she wrote poetry. A very unassuming woman whose twin brother lived in the same place. 4w
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Although I've read this poetry collection in the past, I've taken it off the shelf again. I'm still as enthusiastic as ever about this poet's insight and skill. After I finish this collection, I'll re-read her other collection, A Hinge of Joy. Fabulous, succinct poems.

Suet624 Okay, This is really weird. I worked at wake Robin, a retirement community, while this author lived there. However, I never knew she was a poet. My mind is now officially blown. Obituary for Jean L. Connor https://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/obituaries/bfp036486 8mo
MaGoose I would have LOVED to meet this woman. She is one of my favorite poets. 8mo
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MaGoose
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First collection of a great older poet - began writing in her 80s, I think.

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