A Garlic Testament: Seasons on a Small New Mexico Farm
Stanley Crawford
(Author)
Description
From his New Mexico mountain home, award-winning author Stanley Crawford writes about growing garlic and selling it.
"To dream a garden and then to plant it is an act of independence and even defiance to the greater world."--Stan Crawford
Product Details
Price
$19.95
$18.55
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
Publish Date
April 01, 1998
Pages
255
Dimensions
5.57 X 8.53 X 0.62 inches | 0.7 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780826319609
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About the Author
Stanley Crawford has written and farmed with his wife Rosemary in Northern New Mexico since 1969. He is the author of five novels and three works of nonfiction and has been the recipient of two NEA writing fellowships and a three year Lila Wallace Reader's Digest Writing Award. Recently he has taught at Colorado College and with the UMass/Amherst MFA Writing Program. Works in progress consist of three novels and a collection of essays.
Reviews
"Rich with respect for human toil. . . . detailing the healing and annealing aspect of the repetitive tasks that bring his crop to market in clearsighted, eloquent prose."
Superb, quiet. . . . a plainspoken wisdom.
Crawford tells us whats right with American agriculture by telling us whats right in the life of one farmer whos found his place in the sun.
Rich with respect for human toil. . . . detailing the healing and annealing aspect of the repetitive tasks that bring his crop to market in clearsighted, eloquent prose.
Superb, quiet. . . . a plainspoken wisdom.
Crawford tells us whats right with American agriculture by telling us whats right in the life of one farmer whos found his place in the sun.
Rich with respect for human toil. . . . detailing the healing and annealing aspect of the repetitive tasks that bring his crop to market in clearsighted, eloquent prose.
