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245 10 a| Sick of nature /c| David Gessner.;

300 a| ix, 234 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 23 cm;

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505 0 a| Sick of nature -- "Bigger than Shakespeare", or How I weathered the Perfect Storm -- Benediction: on being Boswell's Boswell -- A letter to a neighbor -- Ultimate glory: a frisbee memoir -- Marking my territory -- A polygamist of place -- The apprentice -- To the fatherland -- On creating nonfiction -- Being Theo -- Dungo in the jungle -- Soliloquy in Spartina -- The punctured pastoral -- Trickster in the city -- Walled-in -- Howl.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references.;

520 1 a| "In essays, Gessner wrestles with father figures both biological and literary, reflects on the pleasures and absurdities of the writing life, explores the significance of place for both his work and his sense of well-being, and rails at the confines of the nature genre even as he continues to find fresh inspiration for his writing in the natural world. In the end, he learns to embrace - or at least tolerate - the label he once rejected.".;

520 8 a| "Whether kicking at the limits of his category or explaining why he was fired from his job as a bookstore clerk; whether recalling his youthful obsession with Ultimate Frisbee or recounting an adventure in the jungles of Belize; whether lampooning his envy of Sebastian Junger or raging at the over-development of Cape Cod or searching for solace in nature in the wake of September 11, Gessner ranges from the personal to the natural in lyrical reflections on writing, self, and society." "In a concluding essay, Gessner moves from the arrival of coyotes in the suburbs of Boston to the birth of his first child in an extended meditation on his characteristic themes of creativity, wildness, and place."--BOOK JACKET.;

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Sick of nature / David Gessner.

Author/creator	Gessner, David, 1961-
Format	Book
Publication Info	Hanover, N.H. : Dartmouth College Press, ©2004.
Description	ix, 234 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Supplemental Content	Table of contents
Subjects	Gessner, David, 1961- Natural history--Authorship.

Contents	Sick of nature -- "Bigger than Shakespeare", or How I weathered the Perfect Storm -- Benediction: on being Boswell's Boswell -- A letter to a neighbor -- Ultimate glory: a frisbee memoir -- Marking my territory -- A polygamist of place -- The apprentice -- To the fatherland -- On creating nonfiction -- Being Theo -- Dungo in the jungle -- Soliloquy in Spartina -- The punctured pastoral -- Trickster in the city -- Walled-in -- Howl.
Review	"In essays, Gessner wrestles with father figures both biological and literary, reflects on the pleasures and absurdities of the writing life, explores the significance of place for both his work and his sense of well-being, and rails at the confines of the nature genre even as he continues to find fresh inspiration for his writing in the natural world. In the end, he learns to embrace - or at least tolerate - the label he once rejected.".
Summary	"Whether kicking at the limits of his category or explaining why he was fired from his job as a bookstore clerk; whether recalling his youthful obsession with Ultimate Frisbee or recounting an adventure in the jungles of Belize; whether lampooning his envy of Sebastian Junger or raging at the over-development of Cape Cod or searching for solace in nature in the wake of September 11, Gessner ranges from the personal to the natural in lyrical reflections on writing, self, and society." "In a concluding essay, Gessner moves from the arrival of coyotes in the suburbs of Boston to the birth of his first child in an extended meditation on his characteristic themes of creativity, wildness, and place."--BOOK JACKET.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references.
LCCN	2004003028
ISBN	1584653582 (cloth)
ISBN	9781584653585 (cloth)
ISBN	9781584654643 (pbk.)
ISBN	1584654643 (pbk.)

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