In the Night Field
Cameron McGill
"All fire and surprise, sadness and forgiveness...I could never say enough about the beauty of this work." —Jericho Brown
"Cameron's poems are wonderfully full, energetic, and ardent." —Vijay Seshadri
"McGill skillfully navigates the mysteries of relationship, memory, and regret as the best poets do." —Dorianne Laux
"It’s been a long time since I have heard the 'god of small thunder' echo so powerfully in a collection." —Campbell McGrath
Cameron McGill’s debut collection of poetry, In the Night Field, spotlights the effects of memory: its startling artistry, varied discontents, and casual fallibility. These poems chart the complex relationship between mental health and place; the difficult paths home can be lonely and circuitous, the emotional coordinates we map along the way a reminder of those intimate regions that hold and haunt us. These can be isolating passages, but are just as often fertile: “I walk further each day toward the strange / austerity my heart makes of reason.” Between the attentive, persistent self and the longed-for, absent other arises a fragmented conversation, an exchange that’s in a constant state of arrival. As McGill shows us, memories are a corrective, carrying back to us occasions for instruction, reconciliation, or in those astonishing flashes of clarity, what again hopes to be loved.
Duration - 1h 48m.
Author - Cameron McGill.
Narrator - Cameron McGill.
Published Date - Sunday, 22 January 2023.
Copyright - © 2021 Cameron McGill ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
"All fire and surprise, sadness and forgiveness...I could never say enough about the beauty of this work." —Jericho Brown "Cameron's poems are wonderfully full, energetic, and ardent." —Vijay Seshadri "McGill skillfully navigates the mysteries of relationship, memory, and regret as the best poets do." —Dorianne Laux "It’s been a long time since I have heard the 'god of small thunder' echo so powerfully in a collection." —Campbell McGrath Cameron McGill’s debut collection of poetry, In the Night Field, spotlights the effects of memory: its startling artistry, varied discontents, and casual fallibility. These poems chart the complex relationship between mental health and place; the difficult paths home can be lonely and circuitous, the emotional coordinates we map along the way a reminder of those intimate regions that hold and haunt us. These can be isolating passages, but are just as often fertile: “I walk further each day toward the strange / austerity my heart makes of reason.” Between the attentive, persistent self and the longed-for, absent other arises a fragmented conversation, an exchange that’s in a constant state of arrival. As McGill shows us, memories are a corrective, carrying back to us occasions for instruction, reconciliation, or in those astonishing flashes of clarity, what again hopes to be loved. Duration - 1h 48m. Author - Cameron McGill. Narrator - Cameron McGill. Published Date - Sunday, 22 January 2023. Copyright - © 2021 Cameron McGill ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
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Dedication
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Epigraph
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section one
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44.6336° n, 86.2345° w
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40.1164° n, 88.2434° w
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moonflower
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after work
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counting down the era
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41.9740° n, 87.6782° w
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drunk with zodiac
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46.7324° n, 117.0002° w
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forest exercises i: my wild family
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forest exercises ii: my leaving and his
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forest exercises iii: dark cargo
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mythos
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section two
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william blake & the eternals
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an agreement
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dinner with zodiac
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cruelty would possess me
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forest exercises iv: leveling
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forest exercises v: likeness
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forest exercises vi: returning home, i begin
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i didn't disappear
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compendium for keeping it together
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i take
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when the horseman came for my grandmother's mind
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acknowledgment
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pharaoh
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inventions toward pleasure
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because i did not die
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following instructions
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section three
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to boneyard creek
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section four
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this dream
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the orphan talking to himself in the dark
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the orphan i: standing with a horse on inishmore, the ending starts
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the orphan ii: alone, morning in murrisk, you climb croagh patrick
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the orphan iii: on achill, where jim ryan told us to go, the orphan doesn't propose
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the orphan iv: at kilmainham gaol, the orphan tries on a cell for you
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the orphan v: from horn head, we take a final photograph
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section five
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my town
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43.6790° n, 114.3741° w
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distant country
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what i tell myself
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at the bar
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wedding on the cliffs of fort worden
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meditation on self and sleeplessness
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Notes
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Ending Credits
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