{"product_id":"ive-heard-the-vultures-singing-field-notes-on-poetry-illness-and-nature-paperback","title":"I've Heard the Vultures Singing: Field Notes on Poetry, Illness, and Nature - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLucia Perillo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcclaimed poet and MacArthur Foundation Fellow, Lucia Perillo, a former park ranger who loved to hike the Cascade Mountains alone and prided herself on daring solo skis down the wild slopes of Mount Rainier, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis when she was in her thirties. \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eI've Heard the Vultures Singing\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is a clear-eyed and brazenly outspoken examination of her life as a person with disabilities. In unwavering and witty prose, and without a trace of self-pity, she contemplates the bitter ironies of being unable to walk, what it's like to experience eros as a sick person, how to lower one's expectations for a wilderness experience, and how to deal with the vagaries of a disease that has no predictable trajectory. Masterfully written, the essays resonate with lovers of literature and nature, and with anyone who has dealt with disadvantages of the body or the hard-luck limitations of ordinary life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLucia Perillo\u003c\/b\u003e (1958-2016) is the author of many collections of poetry: \u003ci\u003eDangerous Life\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Norma Farber Award for best first book; \u003ci\u003eThe Body Mutinies\u003c\/i\u003e, which received the PEN Revson Foundation Fellowship and the Kate Tufts Poetry Award; \u003ci\u003eThe Oldest Map with the Name America\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eLuck Is Luck\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Kingsley Tufts Award and was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize; \u003ci\u003eInseminating the Elephant\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOn the Spectrum of Possible Deaths\u003c\/i\u003e. Perillo's poetry, essays, and short fiction have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eParis Review\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eAtlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, and other magazines, and have been included in the Best American Poetry and Pushcart anthologies. She received a MacArthur Foundation fellowship in 2000. She has taught at Syracuse University, Saint Martin's University, and Southern Illinois University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.9 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 25, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771013464352,"sku":"9781595340580","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4dca7d5b9eea720361001e7c778fa887.webp?v=1780381825","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/ive-heard-the-vultures-singing-field-notes-on-poetry-illness-and-nature-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}