The newest collection of poems by famed anthropologist, poet, and novelist Michael Jackson. Dowsing use the metaphor of water-diving to explore our personal and collective search for care, connectedness, and well-being in perilous times. Dowsing use the metaphor of water-diving to explore our personal and collective search for care, connectedness, and well-being in perilous times.

About the Author

Michael D. Jackson is a New Zealand poet and anthropologist who has taught in anthropology departments at Massey University, the Australian National University, Indiana University Bloomington, and the University of Copenhagen. He is currently distinguished professor of world religions at Harvard Divinity School. His poetry has won numerous awards, including the New Zealand Book Award for Poetry, the Commonwealth Poetry Prize, the Jessie Mackay Award for Poetry, and the Mattara Poetry Prize. He has also published 30 works of fiction, memoir, and ethnography.