The Wild Braid: A Poet Reflects on a Century in the Garden

"A graceful and moving glimpse into a rare and giving artist's refined poetics, garden aesthetics, and spirituality."-Booklist

Throughout his life (1905-2006) Stanley Kunitz created poetry and tended gardens. This book is the distillation of conversations, none previously published, that took place between 2002 and 2004. Beginning with the garden, that "work of the imagination," the explorations journey through personal recollections, the creative process, and the harmony of the life cycle. ...