Sarah Messer: 2 books
Red House
Being a Mostly Accurate Account of New England's Oldest Continuously Lived-in Ho use
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2005
In her critically acclaimed, ingenious memoir, Sarah Messer explores America’s fascination with history, family, and Great Houses. Her Massachusetts childhood home had sheltered the Hatch family for 325 years when her parents bought it in 1965. The will of the house’s original owner, Walter Hatch—which...
Having Once Paused
Poems of Zen Master Ikkyu (1394-1481)
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2015
The influence of Zen Master Ikkyu (1394-1481) permeates the full field of medieval Japanese aesthetics. Though best known as a poet, he was central to the shaping and reshaping of practices in calligraphy, Noh theater, tea ceremony, and rock gardening, all of which now define Japan’s sense of its...