tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post7560631437787581804..comments2024-03-14T02:18:13.285-05:00Comments on T h e | D e e p | M i d d l e: On Prairie, Literature, and Richard ManningBenjamin Vogthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-81855362478365311822010-12-28T17:06:19.296-06:002010-12-28T17:06:19.296-06:00Benjamin
I'm half way through the book, thank...Benjamin<br /><br />I'm half way through the book, thanks again for bringing it to my attention.<br /><br />HeatherHeather Holmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12614164765858960174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-91258970862054091832010-12-10T10:38:50.513-06:002010-12-10T10:38:50.513-06:00Hi Benjamin,
I'll add that book to my ever len...Hi Benjamin,<br />I'll add that book to my ever lengthening list. Have dipped into <i>Ill Nature</i> which you recommended. Powerful way with words, Joy Williams has.<br /><br />I would add that botanists may be among the people that see/feel/inhabit the land most completely, since understanding plants involves having a working (if forever incomplete) understanding of every other part of the Adrian Ayres Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11057583835126786240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-47288641751703096362010-12-07T11:22:26.469-06:002010-12-07T11:22:26.469-06:00Sandy--Always nice to have fellow writers (and esp...Sandy--Always nice to have fellow writers (and esp poets!) see the lyrcism of my garden--and thanks for the garden compliment, too. Hopefully, soon the snow will come and create another story in the landscape.Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-62587317381164519222010-12-07T09:46:12.925-06:002010-12-07T09:46:12.925-06:00Benjamin, yes, I saw my shortsightedness as soon a...Benjamin, yes, I saw my shortsightedness as soon as I posted my comment. I definitely work the land of the Midwest in my poems, but certainly not in the same dirt-under-the-nails way that my family did, once upon a time. I admire your garden so much. Thanks for sharing it all year round.Sandy Longhornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04735445958970512617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-39872372969370404532010-12-07T09:35:57.546-06:002010-12-07T09:35:57.546-06:00Michael--Thanks for liking at least one poem! &quo...Michael--Thanks for liking at least one poem! "Photograph, 1990" is one that almost won a contest, and lots of journals said they liked it but never published it. The full-lenght poetry book, which this poem is a part of, has been a finalist in two contests this fall, but didn't win, so no new bigbook anytime soon I guess.<br />Susan--Yes, it is a grazing system, and Manning admits Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-11482773557622833772010-12-07T09:15:31.236-06:002010-12-07T09:15:31.236-06:00I read Manning's book several years ago, altho...I read Manning's book several years ago, although I'm more poet than someone who works the land. Still, page 1 provides my favorite quote about writing: "There is no reason to write a book unless the process of imagining it changes one's life forever." I thought it was interesting that a non-fiction writer says this rather than a writer of poetry or fiction.Sandy Longhornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04735445958970512617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-72940363127809356012010-12-07T07:19:07.730-06:002010-12-07T07:19:07.730-06:00Excellent.
We probably aren't going to be rai...Excellent.<br /><br />We probably aren't going to be raising bison anytime soon in this country, however. But there are currently people raising rangeland cattle, which is the next best thing. The prairie is a grazing ecosystem. Recognizing this and choosing our nutrition accordingly is much more sustainable than converting all that grassland to cotton (where I live) or corn/wheat/etc.Susan Tomlinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01532464326705599296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-88298752524260704792010-12-06T20:20:50.562-06:002010-12-06T20:20:50.562-06:00Benjamin,
Got your book, Without Such Absence, thi...Benjamin,<br />Got your book, Without Such Absence, this weekend. Congratulations. I really liked the Garden poems at the end, of course. My favorite was Photograph, 1990. Brought back memories when my parents put an addition on their house when I was about the same age. Very nice work!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14771120380247636617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-58139285453020353212010-12-06T15:17:21.867-06:002010-12-06T15:17:21.867-06:00Your bison, our springbok ...Your bison, our springbok ...Diana Studerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12286066768376135880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-82123437117206665762010-12-06T10:28:12.999-06:002010-12-06T10:28:12.999-06:00Heather--Sue, I see how it is. I do all the work f...Heather--Sue, I see how it is. I do all the work finding books. :)<br />James--No, never heard fo that one. And someday I want to teach an eco lit course on garden books, horticulutre, trips to gardens, talks with botanists....Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-61629743065445660422010-12-05T20:34:11.934-06:002010-12-05T20:34:11.934-06:00Your are a good teacher. You've led me to seve...Your are a good teacher. You've led me to several books that have opened my eyes to new things. I'll get this one. Speaking of a literature of the west, have you read Lord Grizzly?James Goldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12718058779971621920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-10012293009511599102010-12-05T19:35:01.482-06:002010-12-05T19:35:01.482-06:00Wow, great quotes.
I've added this to my boo...Wow, great quotes. <br /><br />I've added this to my book list. ThanksHeather Holmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12614164765858960174noreply@blogger.com