Deep Play Audio Book

Deep Play Author: Diane Ackerman Reader: Shauna Zurbrugg The runner's high. Wrestling with your dog. Falling in love. All are examples of deep play, what Ackerman calls the state of full engagement in life that makes possible a person's finest accomplishments and most deeply felt experiences. Deep play helps us survive. Ackerman encourages you to look at the concept of play with different eyes.   » Read More

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L4J331 ABRIDGED Audio Cassettes ( 4 )
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Publish Date: 12/31/1999 ISBN: 9781574533316

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Synopsis:

Provides an incisive exploration of the concept of "deep play"a psychological state of mind in which we fully engage our facultiesdiscussing the activities that draw us into this state, the qualities that distinguish deepplay activities, and the ways in which this fulfilling state can be achieved.

Author Bio:

Diane Ackerman writes poetry; she also writes about nature in its various aspects, from penguin chicks to her rose garden. She grew up in New Jersey, attended Penn State, and has an MFA as well as a Ph.D. in English and Comparative Literature (her dissertation topic was "The Metaphysical Mind in Science and Art") from Cornell, where scientist Carl Sagan and poet A. R. Ammons were her advisors. Ackerman has been a recipient of an award from the Academy of American Poets and grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Rockefeller Foundation. She met her longtime companion, the novelist Paul West, when she was one of his students at Penn State.

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