I hoped for some last gesture beyond a handshake, writes Chris Dombrowski in Ragged Anthem, a soulful book of longing that is as comic as it is reflective. These poems sing of humankind in need of something it can only seem to get from the natural world, and of how we won t get it until we begin to understand ourselves as natural as any tree or river. Or as Dombrowski himself says, Again / I took daybreak for granted, easy / as mistaking pinecone for wasp nest, / wasp nest for shed antler, antler / for branch. Here, these so-called mistakes make for discovery that approaches the magic of revelation..
–Jericho Brown, author of The Tradition
Episode Show Notes
Connect with Chris Dombrowski
Resources by Chris Dombrowski
- Ragged Anthem
- Body of Water: A Sage, a Seeker, and the World’s Most Elusive Fish
- By Cold Water
- Earth Again
Resources & People Mentioned
- Jeffrey Foucault
- Blood Brothers by Jeffrey Foucault
- ‘The Hunt’ by Chris Dombrowski from Ragged Anthem
- Gary Snyder
- Meister Eckhart
- W.H. Auden
- Greg Brown
- John Keats
- The Nature of Generosity by William Kittredge
- Gabriel García Márquez
- Old Path, White Clouds by Thich Nhat Hahn
- Light Years by James Salter
- Let the Great World Spin by Collum McCann
- Contemplative Prayer by Thomas Merton
- Blue by Joni Mitchell
- ‘Coda’ by Chris Dombrowski from Ragged Anthem
Questions
- Can you read ‘The Hunt’ from Ragged Anthem?
- There is also a lot of humor in Ragged Anthem, is that a harder trail to blaze to bring humor into poetry?
- What is coming down the pike for you in future writing projects?
- Can you read ‘Coda’ from Ragged Anthem?
- What drink would pair with this conversation?
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