Burdock

by Janet Malcolm

Over the course of three summers in New England, Malcolm gathered leaves of the burdock plant, a "large rank weed" with medicinal properties "that grows along roadsides and in waste places and around derelict buildings." Influenced by Richard Avedon's unsparing portraits of famous people, Malcolm is drawn to "uncelebrated leaves" on which "life has left its mark," through the ravages of time, weather, insects, or blight. In her introduction, Malcolm...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300128614
• ISBN13: 9780300128611
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 28 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 10.3" x 12.3"