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Book Group: Accidental Gravity
We will be discussing Bernard Quetchenbach's new book, Accidental Gravity: Residents, Travelers, and the Landscape of Memory.
The book is a set of autobiographical essays dealing with our relation to the natural world. Although written in prose, it is easy to detect that Bernard is a poet at heart. The work is deeply felt and beautifully crafted.Â
Two of the essays in Accidental Gravity have been designated as Notable Essays by Best American Essays; one was featured on the NPR show Living on Earth. We will be focusing our discussion on these two essays:
- "Canadas"
- "The Woods Are Burning"
Date:
07/17/2017
Time:
5:30pm - 7:00pm
Place:
This House of Books
224 North Broadway
Billings, MT 59101-1935
United States
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The compelling essays in Bernard Quetchenbach’s Accidental Gravity move from upstate New York to the western United States, from urban and suburban places to wild lands. In the first section of the book, he focuses on suburban neighborhoods, where residents respond ambivalently to golf-course geese ...
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