{"product_id":"field-notes-for-the-self-9780889776913","title":"Field Notes for the Self","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eField Notes for the Self\u003c\/i\u003e is a series of dark meditations: spiritual exercises in which the poem becomes a forensics of the soul\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe poems converse with Patrick Lane, John Thompson, and Charles Wright, but their closest cousins may be Arvo Pärt's tintinnabulations--overlapping structures in which notes or images are rung slowly and repeatedly like bells. The goal is freedom from illusion, freedom from memory, from \"the same old stories\" of Lundy's violent past; and freedom, too, from the unreachable memories of the violence done to his Indigenous ancestors, which, Lundy tells us, seem to haunt his cellular biology. Rooted in exquisitely modulated observations of the natural world, the singular achievement of these poems is mind itself, suspended before interior vision like a bit of crystal twisting in the light. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Randy Lundy: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Here is a poet of whom one can say--quietly, simply, with gratitude--that highest of praises: the real thing.\" --Jane Hirshfield, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Randy Lundy has entered the place where the masters reside...\" --Patrick Lane, author of \u003ci\u003eWashita\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-677154\"\u003eJames Frideres\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-13026080\"\u003eRandy Lundy\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Regina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/28\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780889776913\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0889776911\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POE\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POE015000\"\u003eAmerican | Native American\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POE\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POE011000\"\u003eCanadian | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRandy Lundy is a member of the Barren Lands (Cree) First Nation. Born in northern Manitoba, he has lived most of his life in Saskatchewan. He has published three previous books, \u003ci\u003eUnder the Night Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Gift of the Hawk\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBlackbird Song\u003c\/i\u003e. His work has been widely anthologized.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Regina Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42685719904493,"sku":"9780889776913","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_89ab46f8-2a69-48b2-97ba-15de8321442f.jpg?v=1649769895","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/field-notes-for-the-self-9780889776913","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}