My Favorite Plant av Jamaica Kincaid

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<p><b>Kincaid gathers a sparkling selection of new and beloved poetry and prose about each author¿s favorite flora. </b><br><br>The passion for gardening and the passion for words come together in this inspired anthology, a collection of essays and poems on topics as diverse as beans and roses, by writers who garden and gardeners who write.<br><br>Among the contributors are Daniel Hinkley on hellebores; Marina Warner, who remembers the Guin¿rose; and Henri Cole, with the poems ¿Bearded Irises¿ and ¿Peonies.¿ Ian Frazier pulls weeds in ¿Memories of a Press-Gang Gardener,¿ and Michael Pollan defends a gothic cousin of the sunflower in ¿Consider the Castor Bean¿; Ken Druse stalks the sexy jack-in-the-pulpit, and Elaine Scarry contemplates steep slopes of columbine. Most of the pieces are new, but Colette, Katharine S. White, William Carlos Williams, and several other old favorites also make appearances.<br><br>Jamaica Kincaid, the much admired writer and a passionate gardener herself, has