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Stirring the Mud by Barbara Hurd
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it was amazing
bookshelves: being-in-nature, favorites, plants, wildness

This book is gooey and soupy and dreamy. The author dons hip waders to squish out metaphor and opaque imagery. It's scientifically informed poetry. It's about liminality, emptiness, spirituality, unknown, death, decay, preservation and human relationships with wildness. It showcases Tamarack, Ghost Pipes, Pitcher Plants, Lady Slippers, Duck Weed, swamp gas, Bog Beacons and mud. This book was written for me.
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Reading Progress

June 15, 2021 – Shelved as: to-read
June 15, 2021 – Shelved
June 28, 2021 – Started Reading
June 30, 2021 – Finished Reading
January 14, 2022 – Shelved as: being-in-nature
January 14, 2022 – Shelved as: favorites
January 14, 2022 – Shelved as: wildness
January 14, 2022 – Shelved as: plants

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