Self-Portrait with Dogwood

by Christopher Merrill

In the course of researching dogwood trees, beloved poet and essayist Christopher Merrill realized that a number of formative moments in his life had some connection to the tree named--according to one writer--because its fruit was not fit for a dog. As he approached his sixtieth birthday, Merrill began to compose a self-portrait alongside this tree whose lifespan is comparable to a human's and that, from an early age, he's regarded as a talisman...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1595348093
• ISBN13: 9781595348098
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Trinity University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.9" x 7.0"