Zoologies: On Animals and the Human Spirit
By (Author) Alison Hawthorne Deming
Milkweed Editions
Milkweed Editions
14th October 2014
United States
General
Non Fiction
590
Paperback
234
Width 139mm, Height 215mm
354g
Humans were surrounded by other animals from the beginning of time: they were food, clothes, adversaries, companions, jokes, and gods. And yet, our companions in evolution are leaving the world -- both as physical beings and spiritual symbols -- and not returning. In this collection of linked essays, Alison Hawthorne Deming asks, and seeks to answe
"Deming combines aesthetic splendor with serpentine intellect and wry humor." -- Booklist
Alison Hawthorne Deming is the Winner of the Walt Whitman Award, finalist for the PEN Center West Award, and a former Stegner Fellow. She is a professor of creative writing at the University of Arizona and a Chair of the Board for Orion. She splits her time between Tucson, AZ and Grand Manan, New Brunswick.