assion 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...
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assion 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.AUTHOR: Jamaica Kincaid's books include At the Bottom of the River, Annie John, Lucy, A Small Place, The Autobiography of My Mother, and My Brother. She is presently at work on her own book about gardening. She lives in Vermont.CONTENTS: Passages by Hilton Als, Tony Avent, Karel Capek, Geoffrey B. Charlesworth, Dan Chiasson, Henri Cole, Colette, Thomas C. Cooper, Ken Druse, Thomas Fischer, Michael Fox, Ian Frazier, Steven A. Frowine, Nancy Goodwin, Daniel Hinkley, Mary Keen, Maxine Kumin, D.H. Lawrence, Philip Levine, Christopher Lloyd, Duane Michals, Michael Pollan, David Raffeld, Elaine Scarry, Frederick Seidel, Graham Stuart Thomas, F. Kingdon Ward, Marina Warner, Katharine S. White, William Carlos Williams, Ernest Wilson, Wayne Winterrowd, and an Introduction by Jamaica Kincaid.
