false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1184445813m/733968.jpg 733968 1 "Thoreau complained that nobody in our villages and towns and cities was reading the great books, but Beaudin is, as is clear in the undercurrents of _A Handful of Dust._ Many thanks for this book, and congratulations to Beaudin for becoming the person who could write it." -William Heyen, author of _Crazy Horse in Stillness_ _A Handful of Dust_ is an autobiographical novel that examines the connections among poetry, physics, hitchhiking, nature, the Ghost Dance, enlightenment, social transformation, insanity, and above all, a balance of opposites. It follows the journey of Nagashana, as he wavers between the path of the poet and the path of the spirit, to the mountains of Colorado and New Mexico, the streets and bars of the Midwest, and the lakes and forests of northern Michigan. During his travels, he begins to understand what it means to be a Ghost Dancer in today's world - to dance with all of one's being for the earth. To follow the example of Yellow Bird a moment before he was killed at Wounded Knee; and take up a handful of dust and throw it into both past and future, to cloud the eyes of those who seek an end to the chance for a natural, artistic, and balanced way of living. "It's 2:00 am and I am still awake. My mind is humming in the afterglow of Beaudin's book. What a beautiful book he has created for us." -Brad Grochowski, author of _The Secret Weakness of Dragons_ and owner of AuthorsBookshop.com 720154 2002 A Handful of Dust total:3|5:1|4:2| 3 13 5 1 4 1 false false Sat Mar 22 07:03:22 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 22 07:04:23 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Sun Aug 30 18:32:19 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 18:32:19 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Dec 07 11:30:10 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 07 11:30:10 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Thu Sep 04 13:04:09 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 04 13:04:53 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sat Jun 28 13:29:04 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 28 13:29:04 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=733968