Reading, November 2009

Condor: To The Brink and Back by John Nielsen

Purchased this book via Bookfinder because I wanted to write a poem about the condor. I love that poem of R. Jeffer's in which he describes his own death, after which his carcass is consumed by a turkey vulture, about which he exclaims "what an enskyment!" and I agree.

For Californians growing up in the 80s, the condor became a symbol of human care for the natural world. I was so consumed with love and devotion for Siskiyou, the first condor chick...