Never in a hurry : essays on people and places / Naomi Shihab Nye.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nye, Naomi Shihab.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

xii, 253 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, [1996]

Summary:

In "Never in a Hurry the poet Naomi Shihab Nye" resists the American tendency to "leave toward places whenn we barely have time enough to get there." Instaed she travels the world at an observant pace, talking to strangers and introducing readers to an endearing assemblage of great-great-aunts, eccentric neighbors, Filipina faith healers, dry-cleaning proprietors, hitchhikers, and other quirky characters, some of whom she met just once. As inviting and inventive as her poems, Nye's insightful essays spill forth from the collexction with the spontaneity of stories spoken across a kitchen table.

ISBN:

1570030820

OCLC:

33334295