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While We've Still Got Feet

By: David Budbill

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Familiar to listeners of National Public Radio, David Budbill is beloved by legions for straightforward poems dispatched from his hermitage on Judevine Mountain. Inspired by classical Chinese hermit poets, he follows tradition but cannot escape the complications and struggles of a modern solitary existence. Loneliness, aging and political outrage are addressed in poems that value honesty and simplicity and deplore pretension. For more than three decades, David Budbill has lived on a remote mountain in northern Vermont writing poems, reading Chinese classics, tending to his garden and, of course, working on his website. Budbill has been featured more than any other author on Garrison Keillor’s The Writer’s Almanac.

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Copper Canyon Press

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1619320614

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9781619320611

Park Songs

A Poem/Play

By: David Budbill

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Park Songs

A Poem/Play

By: David Budbill

?One of the most readable American poets ever” (Booklist) amplifies the voices of an unsung community.

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Exterminating Angel Press

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1935259164

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9781935259169

Happy Life

By: David Budbill

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Happy Life

By: David Budbill

Budbill both informs and moves. He is, in short, a delight and a comfort."—Wendell Berry "[Budbill] can be hilarious, as when he gripes, 'What good is my humility / when I am / stuck / in this obscurity?'"—Booklist, starred review "His terse, epigrammatic lyrics are a lilting mirror of classical Chinese poetry."—The Wichita Eagle David Budbill continues his popular poetic ruminations on life in remote New England—an outward survey of a forested mountain and an introspection of self-reliance, anonymity, and the creative life. Inspired by classical Chinese and Japanese poets, Budbill contemplates the seasons, ambition, his questionable desire for fame and fortune, and simple, focused contentment: "Weed the beans. Pick the peas." "Out in the Woods" The only time I'm really free is when I'm out in the woods cutting firewood, stacking brush, clearing trails. Just the chain saw, the dog and me. Heave and groan, sweat and ache. Work until I can't stand it anymore. Take a break. Sit on the needle-strewn ground up against a big pine tree, drink some water, stare out through the woods, pet the dog. Stretch out on the ground, take a nap, dog's head on my lap. Ah, this would be the time and place and way to die. David Budbill is the author of poems, plays, essays, speeches, and book reviews. He has also served as a commentator on NPR's All Things Considered. He lives in the mountains of northern Vermont where he tends his garden and website.

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Copper Canyon Press

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1619320045

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9781619320048

Broken Wing

By: David Budbill

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Broken Wing

By: David Budbill

This posthumous novel from acclaimed author David Budbill tells the story of The Man Who Lives Alone in the Mountains. As winter descends on his idyllic home, the man encounters a bird with a broken wing, sending him into a poetic and profound meditation on solitude, friendship, and the unstoppable march of time. In the deep woods of Vermont, The Man Who Lives Alone in the Mountains exists in solitude and simplicity. His days are spent caring for his garden and observing the birds and creatures that visit his home. His nights are spent in a contemplative world of music, poetry, letter writing, and, most importantly, bird watching. As November arrives and The Man prepares for winter, he notices an injured bird, shiny and black, holding his own among bullying blue jays. He is drawn to the bird’s spirit of survival and freedom and names it Broken Wing. Since his only neighbors are a couple of hostile brothers and their bird-hunting cat, Broken Wing becomes a source of inspiration—and a friend. As fall changes to winter and back to spring, The Man’s dreams of Broken Wing give way to meditations on the peaks and valleys of life, the passage of time, and the poetry of nature.

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Simon and Schuster

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1582707200

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9781582707204

Why I Came to Judevine

By: David Budbill

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Why I Came to Judevine

By: David Budbill

One of the most original and accessible poets at work today."--Howard Frank Mosher

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White Pine Press

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0934834148

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Moment to Moment

Poems of a Mountain Recluse

By: David Budbill

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Moment to Moment

Poems of a Mountain Recluse

By: David Budbill

In these poems Judevine Mountain is a man of contradictions: of solitude and loneliness, contentment and restlessness, generosity and envy. For Judevine Mountain - this most settled of poets - nothing is ever settled, solved, or understood."--BOOK JACKET.

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Copper Canyon Press

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1556591330

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9781556591334

Bones on Black Spruce Mountain

By: David Budbill

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Bones on Black Spruce Mountain

By: David Budbill

Seth and Daniel's camping trip to a lonely mountaintop becomes a journey into a painful past that Daniel must confront.

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014036854X

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The Bones on Black Spruce Mountain

By: David Budbill

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The Bones on Black Spruce Mountain

By: David Budbill

Seth and Daniel's camping trip to a lonely mountaintop becomes a journey into a painful past that Daniel must confront.

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0965714470

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9780965714471

Why I Came to Judevine

By: David Budbill

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Why I Came to Judevine

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One of the most original and accessible poets at work today."--Howard Frank Mosher

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Broken Wing

By: David Budbill

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Moment to Moment

Poems of a Mountain Recluse

By: David Budbill

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Poems of a Mountain Recluse

By: David Budbill

New England mountain recluse's poems reminiscent of those of the great Chinese and Taoist poet-sages.

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1619320037

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Park Songs

A Poem/Play

By: David Budbill

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Park Songs

A Poem/Play

By: David Budbill

A "tale of the tribe" (Ezra Pound's phrase for his own longer work), Park Songs is set during a single day in a down-and-out Midwestern city park where people from all walks of life gather. In this small green space amidst a great gray city, the park provides a refuge for its caretaker (and resident poet), street preachers, retirees, moms, hustlers, and teenagers. Interspersed with blues songs, the community speaks through poetic monologues and conversations, while the homeless provide the introductory chorus—and all of their voices become one great epic tale of comedy and tragedy. Full of unexpected humor, hard-won wisdom, righteous (but sometimes misplaced) anger, and sly tenderness, their stories show us how people learn to live with mistakes and make connections in an antisocial world. As the poem/play engages us in their pain and joy—and the goofy delight of being human—it makes a quietly soulful statement about acceptance and community in our lives. David Budbill has worked as a carpenter's apprentice, short order cook, day laborer, and occasional commentator on NPR's All Thing Considered. His poems can often be heard on Garrison Keillor's Writer's Almanac and his books include the best-selling Happy Life (Copper Canyon Press) and Judevine, a collection of narrative poems that forms the basis for the play Judevine, which has been performed in twenty-two states. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Budbill now lives in the mountains of northern Vermont. R. C. Irwin, whose absurdist and nostalgic work provides the set design for Park Songs, teaches at San Francisco City College.

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Exterminating Angel Press

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1935259172

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Happy Life

By: David Budbill

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While We've Still Got Feet

By: David Budbill

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While We've Still Got Feet

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Christmas Tree Farm

By: David Budbill

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Christmas Tree Farm

By: David Budbill

Describes the activities of a Christmas tree farm in Vermont from the planting of the tiny seedlings in early spring to the fall harvest.

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Atheneum

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0027153304

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The Complementary Nature

By: J. A. Scott Kelso,David A. Engstrom

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The Complementary Nature

By: J. A. Scott Kelso,David A. Engstrom

How the ubiquitous human tendency to polarize--either or, nature nurture, body mind, yin yang--can be explained in terms of coordination dynamics, a new conception of brain function, and how such polar opposites can be reconciled.

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MIT Press

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0262112914

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9780262112918

Kimonos in the Closet

By: David Shumate

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Kimonos in the Closet

By: David Shumate

These are enormously arresting, odd, wryly humorous, gripping poems. And the variety of subject matter is astounding. I don't know when I've enjoyed reading a book so much."—David Budbill

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University of Pittsburgh Press

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0822979160

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From Yale to Jail

The Life Story of a Moral Dissenter

By: David Dellinger

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From Yale to Jail

The Life Story of a Moral Dissenter

By: David Dellinger

The Aims and Means of the Catholic Worker Reprinted from The Catholic Worker newspaper, May 2019, 86th Anniversary Issue The aim of the Catholic Worker movement is to live in accordance with the justice and charity of Jesus Christ. Our sources are the Hebrew and Greek Scriptures as handed down in the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church, with our inspiration coming from the lives of the saints, "men and women outstanding in holiness, living witnesses to Your unchanging love." (Preface to the Eucharistic Prayer for holy men and women) This aim requires us to begin living in a different way. We recall the words of our founders, Dorothy Day who said, "God meant things to be much easier than we have made them," and Peter Maurin who wanted to build a society "where it is easier for people to be good.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1725226960

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9781725226968

Judevine

By: David Budbill,Dermot McGuigan,Beverly Jacobson

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Judevine

By: David Budbill,Dermot McGuigan,Beverly Jacobson

The long-awaited year 2000 is upon us, and with it comes unprecedented uncertanties related to how computers worldwide will handle the transition in their embedded clocks. How did some of our supposedly brighteset technicians inadvertently design the electronic scourge called "the Millennium Bug" or Y2K? And can Y2K really disrupt the infrastructures that provide us with food, energy, and water? No one knows. This book will lift your spirits by explaining how to be warm and comfortable, with sufficient food, water, and electric power to get you throught any teimporary emergency. It even shows the silver lining of Y2K, the opportunity to re-establish community ties lost in the rush toward globalization.

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1890132268

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9781890132262

Kimonos in the Closet

By: David Shumate

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Kimonos in the Closet

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“These are enormously arresting, odd, wryly humorous, gripping poems. And the variety of subject matter is astounding. I don’t know when I’ve enjoyed reading a book so much.”—David Budbill

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University of Pittsburgh Press

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0822962640

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The Northern Forest

By: David Dobbs,Richard Ober

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The Northern Forest

By: David Dobbs,Richard Ober

Through remarkably intimate and complex portraits, The Northern Forest reveals the drama of a rural society struggling to maintain itself in one of America's last great forests. This is a story about the challenge of maintaining a genuine, lasting balance between ecology and economy--not just in the Northern Forest, but everywhere in the world where people are facing this dilemma." --

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0930031814

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9780930031817

The Best American Poetry, 1989

By: David Lehman

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The Best American Poetry, 1989

By: David Lehman

This book is an unrivaled showcase of talent in the world of poetry for 1989. Included are seventy-five poems published in literary periodicals and magazines in the preceding year.

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