The science of last things : essays on deep time and the boundaries of the self /

"This luminous collection of essays explores life's liminal states -- such as losing a parent, birthing another body, experiencing a nervous breakdown -- and faces the unescapable reality of our bodily impermanence"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Wayland-Smith, Ellen, 1966- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Minneapolis, Minnesota : Milkweed Editions, 2024.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	American essays > 21st century. Human Body. Mind-Body Relations, Metaphysical. Philosophy. Essais américains > 21e siècle. Popular Work. Essays.

Table of Contents:

Preface: How to live in deep time
Gravity
Corpus Christi
Outis
Body map
Turning, unfolding, passing through
American pastoral
This ragged claw
Natural magic
The atavist
Quartz contentment
Lapidary medicine
Object permanence
Camera obscura.