Beholden: A Poem as Long as the River Energion Publications ISBN13: 9780766147522

ISBN13: 9780766147522

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A decade-and-a-half-long friendship

ISBN10: 0062502158

Beholden: A Poem as Long as the River Energion Publications ISBN13: 9780766147522Comprised of two lines of poetic text flowing along a 114 foot long map of the Columbia River, this powerful image poem by acclaimed poets Fred Wah and Rita Wong presents language yearning to understand the consequences of our hydroelectric manipulation of one of North America's largest river systems. beholden: a poem as long as the river stems from the interdisciplinary artistic research project "River Relations: A Beholder's Share of the Columbia