Swan, Alison

Summary: "Alison Swan's collection of poems, A Fine Canopy, illustrates how the natural world envelops and encloses us with so many beautiful things: crowns of leaves, the ubiquitous blue sky, our luminous moon, and snow. So much snow. An ecopoet whose writing shows her advocacy for natural resources, in this collection Swan calls the reader to witness, appreciate, and sustain this world before it...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811 SWA

Summary: The Saugatuck dunes, on the southeastern shore of Lake Michigan, are a refuge for wildlife and for people. In the early twenty-first century, the endurance of their grassy hills, forested ridges, and the cool river that winds among them is something of a miracle. This ever-changing land- and seascape, with its white beaches and shifting patterns of light, has captured the imaginations of...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Saugatuck Dunes Coastal Alliance 2009

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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 709 SAU

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2006

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 810.9977 FRE

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word Lit Fresh

Summary: For the first time in years the entire Rodriguez clan comes home to Chicago to celebrate Christmas where traditions will be celebrated. During the course of this eventful week they will celebrate one member's safe return from Iraq, secrets will be revealed, old resentments forgotten, each family member will learn something about themselves and each other, and the healing power of laughter will...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 2009

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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY NOT

Contents: Disc 1. Penny reel / Lord Power & Calypso Quintet -- Lollipop girl / The Jiving Juniors with Duke Reid & his Group -- Judgment Day / Laurel Aitken with Ken Richards & his Harmonisers -- In and out the window / Monty & Roy with Drumbago's Orchestra -- Feel so fine (aka feel so good) / Derrick & Patsy with Drumbago's Band -- River bank part 1 (aka bank to bank) / Baba Brooks & his Band -- Rough...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Sanctuary Records Group 2017

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD REGGAE TRE