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Shorter and Sweeter

Shorter and Sweeter  By Alissa Jones Nelson The issue of immortality, whether spiritual or corporeal, has fascinated human beings for as long as we’ve told stories. The idea of eternal life has been both a Read more…

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Making a Mess 

Making a Mess By Alissa Jones Nelson My last blog post suggested that we need to think anew—personally and politically—about population growth and having children in the light of the current ecological crisis. I drew Read more…

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Making Kin

Making Kin By Alissa Jones Nelson “Make kin, not babies.” Donna J. Haraway’s four-word gauntlet, thrown down in her 2016 book Staying with the Trouble: Making Kin in the Chthulucene, becomes more relevant every day. Read more…

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Why Physics Needs Poetry

Why Physics Needs Poetry By Alissa Jones Nelson         “Science explicates, poetry implicates. Both celebrate what they describe. We need the languages of both science and poetry to save us from merely Read more…