Other Nations: An Animal Journal

by Maria Fama

Overview

Maria Fama's poetry takes us into the hearts and souls of animals -- domesticated, feral, captive, free.Her poems challenge the notion that animals are on this planet solely for humans to use and exploit. Instead, the poems recognize the individuality of each animal with the view that animals are, as the naturalist Henry Beston saw them, "other nations, caught with ourselves in the net of life and time, fellow prisoners of the splendor and travail of the earth."

Product Details

BN ID:	2940158613050
Publisher:	Pearlsong Press
Publication date:	06/25/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	86
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Maria Famà is the author of six books of poetry. Her work appears in numerous publications and anthologies. She was a finalist and two-time Editor’s Choice winner in the Allen Ginsberg Poetry Awards.

Famà has read her poetry in many cities across the country, read one of her stories on National Public Radio, co-founded a video production company, and recorded her poetry for CD compilations of music and poetry. She appears reading her poems in the films Prisoners Among Us, Pipes of Peace, and La Mia Strada.

Famà’s poems were awarded the 2002 and 2005 Aniello Lauri Award in Creative Writing. In 2006 she won the Amy Tritsch Needle Award for Poetry. Her recent books Looking For Cover (2008) and Mystics in the Family (2013) were published by Bordighera Press.

Maria Famà lives and works in Philadelphia, PA.

Editorial Reviews

"With the consummate eye of a gifted poet, Maria Famà takes us on a journey into
the hearts and souls of animals--feral and domesticated--that tame our human arrogance.
Her beautiful poems help us view the world through their eyes, feel the rhythms of their lives,
experience the world through the non-human lens of the creatures--from lions and elephants to birds, dogs, cats, and, yes, even rats--that grace our planet. In doing so, she frees us
from our human-centric hubris..."

Mary Saracino