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The after-normal : brief, alphabetical essays on a changing planet / David Carlin and Nicole Walker.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Carlin, David, 1963- author.
- Walker, Nicole, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Climatic changes--Social aspects.
- Climatic changes.
- Environmental quality--Social aspects.
- Environmental quality.
- Environmental degradation--Social aspects.
- Environmental degradation.
- Social aspects.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 210 pages ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Brookline, MA : Rose Metal Press, 2019.
- Summary:
- "The After-Normal is a compendium of short environmental and personal essays, mainly addressing climate change and the natural world. It is written collaboratively by David Carlin and Nicole Walker. They each wrote at least one essay for each letter of the alphabet, so the book is an abecedarian work. The authors are not scientists, but writers, so the essays are personal, ecological, political, and historical in nature. Many include endnotes with sources"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Albatross p. 1
- Atmosphere p. 6
- Bitumen p. 10
- Bacteria p. 14
- Canal p. 18
- Chicken p. 22
- Catastrophe p. 26
- Death p. 31
- Dead Dog-Haired Democracy p. 32
- Decomposition p. 36
- Dear David p. 39
- Dear Nicole p. 42
- Elephant p. 47
- Embroidery p. 50
- Frog p. 54
- Flying p. 56
- Grass p. 59
- Grief p. 62
- Hell p. 65
- Hesitation p. 68
- Igloo p. 73
- Imminent p. 75
- Idiot p. 77
- In-Between p. 78
- Individual p. 79
- Junk p. 80
- Jerms p. 84
- Kindness p. 87
- Krab p. 90
- Later p. 93
- Loophole p. 97
- Murder p. 100
- Max p. 105
- Nest p. 109
- Nitrate/Nitrite p. 113
- (O)possum p. 116
- Opossum p. 120
- Plasmodia p. 124
- Persuasion p. 129
- Quarrel-Quarantine p. 132
- Quetzaltenango p. 137
- Rhythm p. 141
- Resist p. 144
- Solicitation p. 150
- Trust p. 154
- Tree p. 159
- Urgell p. 164
- Ululate p. 168
- Voice p. 170
- Vulture p. 174
- World p. 178
- Whistle p. 181
- Xeric p. 184
- Xtinction p. 186
- Xoxoxoxoxo p. 190
- You p. 193
- You, Too p. 195
- Zzzzzzz p. 198
- Z p. 201.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781941628171
- 1941628176
- OCLC:
- 1091236057
- Publisher Number:
- 99981525744
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