Conservancy Members – Don’t forget to include your member discount code to receive 15% off most items at check out. Interested in becoming a member of the Conservancy? Learn more. Store / Books / Cuyahoga Valley National Park / Light Enters the Grove Become a Member Light Enters the Grove Item#: 009813 Description Exploring Cuyahoga Valley National Park through Poetry Edited by Charles Malone, Carrie George, and Jason Harris. Forward by Jennie Vasarhelyi A literary hike through Ohio’s oldest national park An anthology celebrating the biodiversity and staggering beauty of Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Light Enters the Grove collects 80 poems, each of which reflects its author’s unique connection to a living organism found within the park—ranging from white-tailed deer to brown bats and from Japanese honeysuckle to bloodroot. Additionally, each poem is paired with an artistic depiction of the poem’s subject that reinforces the rich relationship between artists and the natural world. Editors Charles Malone, Carrie George, and Jason Harris provide a stirring introduction to this emotional journey through the park. Renowned writers featured in the volume include Kari Gunter-Seymour, poet laureate of Ohio, and Deborah Fleming, whose book Resurrection of the Wild won the 2020 PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay. This collection invites readers to look further into their own experiences and memories of the park, to reflect on their relationships to its species, and to recognize the importance of preserving the lives and habitats of our nonhuman neighbors.
