From Where We Stand: Recovering A Sense Of Place

Why does a particular landscape move us? What is it that attaches us to a particular place? TallÆs From Where We Stand is an eloquent exploration of the connections we have with placesùand the loss to us if there are no such connections. A typically rootless child of several American suburbs, Tall set out to make a true home for herself in the landscape that circumstance had brought herùthe Finger Lakes region of upstate New York. In a mosaic of personal anecdotes, historical sketches, and lyrical meditations, she interweaves her own story with the story of this place and its peopleùfrom the Seneca Nation of the Iroquois, to European settlers, to the many utopians who sensed and were inspired by a spiritual resonance here. This edition includes an introduction by William Kittredge and a foreword by Stephen Kuusisto, both highlighting the bookÆs significance and TallÆs exquisite skill in tracing the relationship between homelands and storytelling.

• | Author: Deborah Tall
• | Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• | Publication Date: May 05, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 248 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Social Science
• | ISBN-10: 0815610726
• | ISBN-13: 9780815610724