{"product_id":"greenwriting-by-katy-bentall","title":"Greenwriting by Katy Bentall","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoems and prose, drawings and paintings by Katy Bentall\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA 192-page book chock-full of Katy Bentall’s poetry, prose, and artwork about quotidian, seasonal, and creative rhythms in the Polish countryside.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e×\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eToday on my ridge walk I go as far as the river, turning off down the secret path. I am going to see Peter’s boat. There it is, like a crocodile. I think twice before stepping onto it, but if I am to get close to the water without my feet disappearing into the squelchy grey mud, I must.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSitting in the boat, leaning over and watching my reflection; taking off my shoes and walking back barefoot. That’s me.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd barefoot goes Katy Bentall through \u003ci\u003eGreenwriting\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of her drawings, watercolors, poems, and prose-poetry dispatches from this patch of the Polish countryside.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGreenwriting\u003c\/i\u003e unfolds from room to room in Katy’s wooden house, climbing the staircase between the boiler in the basement and the atelier under the roof. From the vantage of her patio and a ritual footpath, Katy explores the landscape around the house, which is tucked against the base of an escarpment between riverbanks and orchards thick with neighbors. And she whisks the reader to the marketplace in town, where we meet mainstays like Pear Man and Oregano Lady, Thyme Lady and Honey Man, purveyors of produce and snippets of local news.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe result is an intimate mapping of a small world richly populated by rooted locals (some booted, some hoofed) and wayfaring seeds and birds; and the contemplative diary of a poet-artist transplanted from England seeking to closely observe and document the lived environment around her.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bored Wolves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47875186852170,"sku":"","price":20.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0754\/5474\/2858\/files\/IMG-0304.webp?v=1712496735","url":"https:\/\/archive-books-berlin.myshopify.com\/products\/greenwriting-by-katy-bentall","provider":"Archive Souq","version":"1.0","type":"link"}