Bird Lovers, Backyard

Synopsis of Bird Lovers, Backyard

«Bird Lovers, Backyard» is a book of poetry and essays by Thalia Field, published by New Directions in paperback (131 pages, in English).

Thalia Field blends poetry, prose, essay, and drama to examine human control over nature. Her essays in poetic form place scientists, philosophers, animals, and military figures in real and imaginary settings, blurring the boundaries between fact and fiction and between the human and the animal.

Published in 2010, it is Thalia Field's third book with New Directions and is part of the New Directions Paperbook series NDP1178.

For readers interested in experimental poetry, the essay, and hybrid narrative.