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The Great Plains of the North American continent have dramatic seasons, intense colors, otherworldly thunderstorms, and epic winters. Denise Low has emerged as one of the most trusted writers of this region. With a balance of drama and finesse, she describes the juncture between the natural world and the human realm of literature.
Terry Tempest Williams writes of Denise Low—“There is a beautiful solitude in Denise’s writing. I think we’re all blessed by what she sees and what she hears in this beautiful Kansas landscape.” Readers will dip into Words of a Prairie Alchemist for moments of solitude and self awareness. This collection of writing gives readers access to twenty years of teachings by this prairielands writer and poet.
Praise for
Words Of A Prairie Alchemist: The Art of Prairie Language—
"From near the center of the nation-as-we-know-it, Denise Low nimbly engages the timeless elements of poetry—prosody and policy, palette, place, and pang—with a bracingly clear eye and unobstructed view."
—Merrill Gilfillan, Magpie Rising: Sketches from the Great Plains (PEN/Martha Albrand Award)
"Denise Low has a voice informed and shaped by the land. She visits the geographies of her region as readily as she does the different regions of literature she iscusses. Her words rise from the land as the flint hills of Kansas."
—Diane Glancy, Designs of the Light Sky, Native American Narratives Series, (University of Nebraska Press)
"No one understands better than Denise Low, the effect of Midwestern vistas of time and space on the work of its writers."
—Robert Dana, Poet Laureate for the state of Iowa.
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