The Long Field

By Pamela Petro,

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The Long Field burrows deep into the Welsh countryside to tell how this small country became a big part of an American writer's life. Petro, author of Travels in an Old Tongue, twines her story around that of Wales by viewing both through the lens of hiraeth, a quintessential Welshā€¦

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When Pamela Petro traveled to Lampeter, Wales for the first time to enroll in a year-long masterā€™s degree program, she had no idea that the open vista of sheep pastures and low hills around the town would strike a chord in herā€”she found herself nodding as if she was in agreement with the landscapeā€”or that she would spend the rest of her life returning to Wales from the various American cities where she made a life as a writer and a teacher. The Long Field takes us on a journey through time and ideas as well as of places. 

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