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![]() | My Favorite Plant (1998) Writers And Gardeners On the Plants They Love A non fiction book by Jamaica Kincaid |
The passion for gardening and the passion for words come together in this inspired anthology, a collection of essays and poems on topics as diverse as beans and roses, by writers who garden and gardeners who write. Among the contributors are Daniel Hinkley on hellebores; Marina Warner, who remembers the Guinée rose; and Henri Cole, with the poems "Bearded Irises" and "Peonies." Ian Frazier pulls weeds in "Memories of a Press-Gang Gardener," and Michael Pollan defends a gothic cousin of the sunflower in "Consider the Castor Bean"; Ken Druse stalks the sexy jack-in-the-pulpit, and Elaine Scarry contemplates steep slopes of columbine. Most of the pieces are new, but Colette, Katharine S. White, William Carlos Williams, and several other old favorites also make appearances. Jamaica Kincaid, the much admired writer and a passionate gardener herself, has assembled this diverse crew and provides a spirited introduction. A wonderful gift for green thumbs, My Favorite Plant is a happy collection of fresh takes on old friends.
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Hardback Editions
1999 : Hardback
| Title: MY FAVORITE PLANT Writers and Gardenerson the Plants They Love Author(s): Jamaica (Ed) Kincaid Publisher: NY, Farrar, Straus Availability: Amazon More details... |
November 1998 : Hardback
| Title: My Favorite Plant: Writers and Gardeners on the Plants They Love Author(s): ISBN: 0-374-28193-9 / 978-0-374-28193-9 (USA edition) Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
September 1999 : Paperback
| Title: My Favourite Plant: Writers and Gardeners on the Plants They Love Author(s): Jamaica Kincaid ISBN: 0-09-928942-3 / 978-0-09-928942-5 (UK edition) Publisher: Trafalgar Square Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
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