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The Sounding of the Whale
Over the course of the twentieth century, our understanding of and relationship to whales underwent astonishing changes. With The Sounding of the Whale, D. Graham Burnett tells the …
Trying Leviathan
In Moby-Dick, Ishmael declares, "Be it known that, waiving all argument, I take the good old fashioned ground that a whale is a fish, and call upon holy Jonah to back me." Few …
Trying Leviathan
In Moby-Dick, Ishmael declares, "e;Be it known that, waiving all argument, I take the good old fashioned ground that a whale is a fish, and call upon holy Jonah to back …
A Trial by Jury
Graham Burnett was appointed foreman on the jury of a sensational and disturbing trial involving a body with multiple stab wounds found in a tiny New York apartment, intimations of …
Twelve Theses on Attention
A meditation on the ethics and politics of attention“True attention takes the unlivable, and makes it livable.” So say the Friends of Attention in their visionary and epigrammatic …
Scenes of Attention
Are we paying enough attention? At least since the nineteenth century, critics have alleged a widespread and profound failure of attentiveness—to others, to ourselves, to the world …
A Trial by Jury
When Princeton historian D. Graham Burnett answered his jury duty summons, he expected to spend a few days catching up on his reading in the court waiting room. Instead, he finds …
Scenes of Attention
Are we paying enough attention? At least since the nineteenth century, critics have alleged a widespread and profound failure of attentiveness-to others, to ourselves, to the world …
In Search Of The Third Bird
The real history of the covey of attention-artists who call themselves The Birds. A great deal of uncertainty--and even some genuine confusion--surrounds the origin, evolution, and …
Trial by Jury
When Princeton historian D. Graham Burnett answered his jury duty summons, he expected to spend a few days catching up on his reading in the court waiting room. Instead, he finds …