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Stirring the Mud: On Swamps, Bogs, and Human Imagination
Stirring the Mud On Swamps Bogs and Human Imagination Author:Barbara Hurd A Los Angeles Times Book of the YearIn these nine evocative essays, Barbara Hurd explores the seductive allure of bogs, swamps, and wetlands. Hurd's forays into the land of carnivorous plants, swamp gas, and bog men provide fertile ground for rich thoughts about mythology, literature, Eastern spirituality, and human longing. In her observations ... more »of these muddy environments, she finds ample metaphor for human creativity, imagination, and fear.« less