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Poetry. "The bell-like musicality of these poems belies their grim we live in a furnace. We consume and are consumed"-San Francisco Chronicle. "Mayes has an urgent interest in the ways past and present converge. she writes with terse magic"--The Los Angeles Times.

66 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1995

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Frances Mayes

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Frances Mayes's new book is See You in the Piazza: New Places to Discover in Italy published by Crown. Her most recent novel is Women in Sunlight, published by Crown and available in paperback in spring 2019. With her husband, Edward Mayes she recently published The Tuscan Sun Cookbook. Every Day in Tuscany is the third volume in her bestselling Tuscany memoir series.

In addition to her Tuscany memoirs, Under the Tuscan Sun and Bella Tuscany , Frances Mayes is the author of the memoirs Under Magnolia: A Southern Memoir; A Year in the World; the illustrated books In Tuscany and Bringing Tuscany Home; Swan, a novel; The Discovery of Poetry, a text for readers; and five books of poetry. She divides her time between homes in Italy and North Carolina.

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