From May Sarton's Well Writings of May Sarton

by May Sarton

Paperback, 1994

Status

Available

Publication

Papier-Mache Press (1994), Edition: First Edition, 158 pages

Description

"Like many other women, Connecticut photographer Edith Royce Schade first discovered May Sarton's writing in the early seventies. Over the years, Sarton's work greatly influenced Schade's photography. The two women eventually met, forming both a friendship and the idea for a book - this elegant combination of Schade's photographs and selections from Sarton's poetry and prose." "For the framework of the book, Schade chose a quotation which Sarton herself used as the theme for some of her poetry readings: "The delights of the poet as I jotted them down turned out to be light, solitude, the natural world, love, time, creation itself."" "Schade's photographs accompany Sarton's prose and poetry as a pianist accompanies a lyric singer - sometimes in unison, often in harmony, occasionally in counterpoint."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved… (more)

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LibraryThing member Kirsten_Feldman
The one reinforces and augments the other. May Sarton's poetry and prose excerpts speak about the need to engage with and appreciate this world that we live in, its glories and its tragedies alike. Edith Royce Schade's haunting black-and-white photographs draw out and complement these words in a
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lovely duet. As May Sarton says on page 36, "making space to be there," to be present in our lives, is a lesson we should all learn every day. Today, Thanksgiving, is a great day to begin.
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Language

Original language

English

Physical description

158 p.; 9.21 inches

ISBN

0918949513 / 9780918949516

Local notes

poetry
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