These Survivals

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"Lynne Huffer insists on the fragmentary, improvisational nature of anything that can be taken to be whole. This is the profound philosophical stance that informs the book; form and substance combine to convey it. She places her trust in fragments to somehow capture meanings that are otherwise reductive or unattainable. And there is a certain delightful whimsy, a sense of freed-up ability to express herself, that informs it all. At the same time, she offers seriousness and philosophical depth in an entirely new way. These Survivals is a remarkably original book and an objet d'art that one will want to own and share." - Joan Wallach Scott, author of (The Fantasy of Feminist History) "These Survivals is a brilliant philosophical, aesthetic, and emotional guide to feeling, seeing, and thinking ecological and human devastation. Powerful, spare, and exquisitely subtle, this is auto without ego. There is also a novel method on offer, though possibly Lynne Huffer alone has the rare sensibility to pursue it." - Wendy Brown, Institute for Advanced Study "Wildly experimental and interdisciplinary, Huffer's latest examines ethical living in the environmental ruin of the Anthropocene (a term that, she says, 'sags from overuse'). Through collage, poetry, multimedia work, and memoir, Huffer balances a philosopher's gravity-she is best known for her three-book treatment of Foucault's ethics of eros-with a poet's sense of play." - Jonathan Frey (The Millions)