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  • Sprout Lands

    Tending the Endless Gift of Trees

    by William Bryant Logan ...
    **Winner of the 2021 John Burroughs Medal for Distinguished Natural History Writing"This deeply nourishing book invites us to reclaim reciprocity with the living world." —Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of Braiding Sweetgrass**Once, farmers and rural people knew how to prune hazel to foster abundance: both of edible nuts and of straight, strong, flexible rods for bridges, walls, and baskets. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Oak

    The Frame of Civilization

    by William Bryant Logan ...
    "A dazzling book, full of knowledge and rare wisdom, too" —Thomas Pakenham, author of Remarkable Trees of the WorldProfessional arborist and award-winning nature writer William Bryant Logan deftly relates the delightful history of the reciprocal relationship between humans and oak trees since time immemorial. For centuries these supremely adaptable, generous trees have supported humankind in ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Guilty Knowledge, Guilty Pleasure

    The Dirty Art of Poetry

    by William Logan ...
    William Logan has been a thorn in the side of American poetry for more than three decades. Though he has been called the "most hated man in American poetry," his witty and articulate reviews have reminded us how muscular good reviewing can be. These new essays and reviews take poetry at its word, often finding in its hardest cases the greatest reasons for hope. Logan begins with a devastating ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Broken Ground

    Poetry and the Demon of History

    by William Logan ...
    In Broken Ground, William Logan explores the works of canonical and contemporary poets, rediscovering the lushness of imagination and depth of feeling that distinguish poetry as a literary art. The book includes long essays on Emily Dickinson’s envelopes, Ezra Pound’s wrestling with Chinese, Robert Frost’s letters, Philip Larkin’s train station, and Mrs. Custer’s volume of Tennyson, each teasing ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Air

    The Restless Shaper of the World

    by William Bryant Logan ...
    In a sublime exploration of the most unpredictable element of the earth, William Bryant Logan opens our eyes to the astonishing physics, chemistry, biology, history, art, and even music of the air.Air sustains the living. Every creature breathes to live, exchanging and changing the atmosphere. Water and dust spin and rise, make clouds and fall again, fertilizing the dirt. Twenty thousand fungal ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Collected Works of William Somerset Maugham

    Enriched edition.

    by William Somerset Maugham, Logan Bremner ...
    The Collected Works of William Somerset Maugham is a comprehensive anthology that encapsulates the remarkable breadth and depth of Maugham's literary prowess. Spanning a variety of genres, including novels, short stories, and plays, this collection showcases Maugham's unique narrative style, marked by concise prose and keen psychological insight. Set against the backdrop of a rapidly changing ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Our Savage Art

    Poetry and the Civil Tongue

    by William Logan ...
    The most notorious poet-critic of his generation, William Logan has defined our view of poets good and bad, interesting and banal, for more than three decades. Featured in the New York Times Book Review, the Times Literary Supplement, and the New Criterion, among other journals, Logan's eloquent, passionate prose never fails to provoke readers and poets, reminding us of the value and vitality of ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Broken Ground

    Poetry and the Demon of History

    by William Logan ...
    In Broken Ground, William Logan explores the works of canonical and contemporary poets, rediscovering the lushness of imagination and depth of feeling that distinguish poetry as a literary art. The book includes long essays on Emily Dickinson’s envelopes, Ezra Pound’s wrestling with Chinese, Robert Frost’s letters, Philip Larkin’s train station, and Mrs. Custer’s volume of Tennyson, each teasing ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Dickinson's Nerves, Frost's Woods

    Poetry in the Shadow of the Past

    by William Logan ...
    In Dickinson’s Nerves, Frost’s Woods, William Logan, the noted and often controversial critic of contemporary poetry, returns to some of the greatest poems in English literature. He reveals what we may not have seen before and what his critical eye can do with what he loves. In essays that pair different poems—“Ozymandias,” “On First Looking Into Chapman’s Homer,” “In a Station of the Metro,” “The ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Dickinson's Nerves, Frost's Woods

    Poetry in the Shadow of the Past

    by William Logan ...
    In Dickinson’s Nerves, Frost’s Woods, William Logan, the noted and often controversial critic of contemporary poetry, returns to some of the greatest poems in English literature. He reveals what we may not have seen before and what his critical eye can do with what he loves. In essays that pair different poems—“Ozymandias,” “On First Looking Into Chapman’s Homer,” “In a Station of the Metro,” “The ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Dirt

    The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth

    by William Bryant Logan ...
    "A gleeful, poetic book…Like the best natural histories, Dirt is a kind of prayer." —Los Angeles Times Book Review"You are about to read a lot about dirt, which no one knows very much about." So begins the cult classic that brings mystery and magic to "that stuff that won't come off your collar."John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Saint Phocas, Darwin, and Virgil parade through this thought-provoking ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Undiscovered Country

    Poetry in the Age of Tin

    by William Logan ...
    William Logan has been called both the "preeminent poet-critic of his generation" and the "most hated man in American poetry." For more than a quarter century, in the keen-witted and bare-knuckled reviews that have graced the New York Times Book Review, the Times Literary Supplement (London), and other journals, William Logan has delivered razor-sharp assessments of poets present and past. Logan, ... Read more

    $31.99 USD