The Subtle Bodies moves between lush landscapes and the violence imposed by humans upon the land, making contact with the world as it ebbs into a digitized silence. Into bracken, goldenrod, thick meadowsit is all herenothing is for grantedor said another way, everything grantedforthcoming, alwayserrancy and directed, maple-starts in last year's leaf litterand inch-thick saplings in the lilac'snest of limbsJames McCorkle grew up in Florida, received his MFA at the Iowa Writer's Workshop, his PhD from the University of Iowa, and currently teaches at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in New York. The Subtle Bodies moves between lush landscapes and the violence imposed by humans upon the land, making contact with the world as it ebbs into a digitized silence. Into bracken, goldenrod, thick meadowsit is all herenothing is for grantedor said another way, everything grantedforthcoming, alwayserrancy and directed, maple-starts in last year's leaf litterand inch-thick saplings in the lilac'snest of limbsJames McCorkle grew up in Florida, received his MFA at the Iowa Writer's Workshop, his PhD from the University of Iowa, and currently teaches at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in New York. | The Subtle Bodies by James Mccorkle, Paperback | Indigo Chapters