01415cam a2200265 i 4500 513216101 TxAuBib 20211027120000.0 210902s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781733273466 PAP 18.95 1733273468 PAP 18.95 TxAuBib rda Moxley, Jennifer. For the good of all, do not destroy the birds [BOOK] / Jennifer Moxley. Chicago : Flood Editions, 2021. 181 pages ; 20 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliography. A blend of literary criticism and memoir, Jennifer Moxley's For the Good of All, Do Not Destroy the Birds recounts a life spent in the company of birds and poems, intimately attuned to the mysteries of singing. These essays trace the poet's calling to sources in birdsong and sacrifice, asking, "Must a woman be sentenced to endless night for a poet to be born?" From the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice to the death of the poet's mother, Moxley explores the losses that underlie poetry, and in turn, poetry's use as a measure for living. Provided by publisher. 20211027. Moxley, Jennifer 1964- Poetry History and criticism.