How the world became quiet : myths of the past, present, and future /

This book demonstrates how introverted people are misunderstood and undervalued in modern culture, charting the rise of extrovert ideology while sharing anecdotal examples of how to use introvert talents to adapt to various situations. At least one-third of the people we know are introverts. They ar...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Swirsky, Rachel
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Burton, MI : Subterranean Press, 2013.
Edition:First edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • The lady who plucked red flowers beneath the queen's window
  • A memory of wind
  • Monstrous embrace
  • The adventures of Captain Blackheart Wentworth: a nautical tail
  • Heartstrung
  • Marrying the sun
  • A monkey will never be rid of its black hands
  • The sea of trees
  • Fields of gold
  • Eros, philia, agape
  • The monster's million faces
  • Again and again and again
  • Diving after the moon
  • Scene from a dystopia
  • The taste of promises
  • With singleness of heart
  • Dispersed by the sun, melting in the wind
  • How the world became quiet: a post-human creation myth
  • Speech strata.