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and a wonderful gift to give to anyone interested in having a richer

and Anne Hutchison to Susanna Wesley

Both Amish and English

but with considerable forays elsewhere

and notes in and between the verses provide insights and teach principles and doctrines

Fires: Essays, Poems, Stories Photographyt and a wonderful gift toFires is the best introduction to the full range and humanity of Carver's writing. It contains four essays, including a moving memoir of his father's working life in the saw mills of the Pacific Northwest, a tribute to his mentor John Gardner, and the title essay about the influences on his writing life; fifty poems, many of them not collected elsewhere; and seven stories, including three from the early collection Furious Seasons.