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- Darwin's Mother
- Book
- 2017
- Published by: University of Pittsburgh Press
- Series: Pitt Poetry Series
summary
In Darwin's Mother, curious beasts are excavated in archeological digs, Charles Darwin's daughter describes the challenges of breeding pigeons, and a forest of trees shift and sigh in their sleep. With a keen sense of irony that rejects an anthropocentric worldview and an imagination both philosophical and playful, the poems in this collection are marked by a tireless curiosity about the intricate workings of life, consciousness, and humanity's place in the universe.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright, Epigraphs
- pp. i-vi
- GHOST LESSONS
- pp. 3-4
- Origin of Species
- DARWIN’S MOTHER
- p. 10
- AN UNCONTACTED TRIBE
- pp. 12-13
- DARWIN’S MOTHER
- p. 15
- THE ANATOMIST
- p. 19
- MOTHER, PRESSED
- p. 20
- DARWIN’S MOTHER
- p. 21
- VIRTUS ET SCIENTIA
- p. 22
- LIFE WITHOUT A SPINE
- pp. 23-24
- Material
- THE OUTER CRUST
- p. 37
- BEHIND MY BRIGHT EYE
- p. 38
- THE NETWORK
- pp. 39-40
- THIS VALLEY
- p. 41
- ANIMAL SPACE
- p. 42
- A Moral Animal
- MORAL ANIMAL
- pp. 47-48
- ACHILLES AND MARY AT THE MUSEUM
- pp. 49-50
- ELECTROMAGNETIC
- pp. 51-52
- SIMULATION
- p. 53
- MOVIE NIGHT
- p. 54
- MOSTLY AS I AM
- p. 57
- THE GHOASTS
- p. 59
- VAKA ELLER SOVA
- p. 61
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- pp. 71-72
Additional Information
ISBN
9780822983163
Related ISBN(s)
9780822965169
MARC Record
OCLC
1006391793
Pages
80
Launched on MUSE
2017-10-19
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2017