Poetry, prose, and photographs, explore the edges of language not the format on the page writing is the retrievalof material —— to produce a desired , shapeas open : archivingthe word architecturebuild within the space of thisthought . sound , shapedinto series becomessentence and series Edges & Fray is an embodied meditation that cultivates receptivity and deep listening to the ways we inhabit language and its ethereal resilience. Combining close observation of birds' nests and the writing process, Danielle Vogel brings the reader into communion with language as a mode of presence. Experimental and deeply grounded, its construction is intuitive and masterful, its many threads interwoven and intrinsically linked. This is a beautiful and inspiring book at the intersection of poetry, somatics, ecology, and divination.Sample Poem:not the format on the page writing is the retrievalof material —— to produce a desired , shapeas open : archivingthe word architecturebuild within the space of thisthought . sound , shapedinto series becomessentence and series