Earthborn
Earthborn by Carl Dennis is a new poetry collection published by Penguin on March 1, 2022. This edition, comprising 128 pages, explores themes surrounding the fragility of life and our responsibilities toward the planet amid climate change. Dennis, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, delves into the complexities of human existence and our role as stewards of the Earth.
Readers will find that Earthborn addresses the search for meaning in our ephemeral lives while highlighting the urgent need to protect our environment. The collection intertwines reflections on family and the human condition with a deep sense of inquiry about our impact on the world. Through his thoughtful verses, Dennis presents a poignant examination of our limits and responsibilities, inviting contemplation on both personal and collective levels.
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A timely new collection that sounds themes about the fragility of life and our duty to respect the planet in a time of climate change, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet whose work “begins in delight and ends in wisdom” (Carrie Fountain)
The work of Carl Dennis has won praise for its “integrity, its substance, and its seemingly effortless craft; and for its embodiment of passionate inquiry” (Times Literary Supplement). The title of his new collection, Earthborn, helps to point the way to its two central concerns: how to find meaning, as creatures of the earth, in lives that are short and frail and destined to be forgotten; and how, as stewards of the earth, to address the need to protect our home from ourselves, from the menace to life posed by our own species. The book succeeds in braiding together a recognition of our limits and of our responsibilities in ways that are deeply moving and revealing.
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