Monodora myristica of the "Monodora myristica" seed is similar to nutmeg and it is used as a popular spice in the West African cuisine. The fruits are collected from wild trees and the seeds are dried and sold whole or ground to be used in stews, soups, cakes and desserts. For medicinal purposes they are used as stimulants, stomachic, for headaches, sores and also as insect repellent. The seeds are also made into necklaces. "Monodora myristica" timber is hard but easy to work with and is used for carpentry, house fittings and joinery. In medicine, the bark is used in treatments of
From the Other Side of the Century Templeton -- Carla Harryman. From the Other Side of the Century From the Other Side of the Century: "A New American Poetry, 1960-1990" is a poetry anthology published in 1994. It was edited by American poet and publisher Douglas Messerli – under his own imprint Sun and Moon Press – and includes poets from both the U.S. and Canada. It joined two other collections which appeared at that time: Paul Hoover's "Postmodern American Poetry" (Norton, 1994) and Eliot Weinberger's "American Poetry Since 1950" (Marsilio, 1993). All three perhaps seeking to be for that time what Donald Allen's The New American