The eclipse I call father: essays on absence

Synopsis

A Collection Of Essays Exploring The Concept Of Absence, Ranging Across Topics As Diverse As Marriage, Japanese Poetry, Craftsman Design, Old English Riddles, Racism, Extinction, Fatherhood, Mountaineering, Predatory Mega-fauna, Street Fighting, Trains, The Great Depression, And The Effects Of Climate Change-- Bashō's Frog -- Accretions Of Absence -- To Live As We Dream -- The Eclipse I Call Father -- Boxing Lessons -- Evidence Of Things Not Seen -- Note Left On A Mountain -- The Old Marriage -- Sometimes The Great Depression -- Auguries Of Absence -- From A Slow Train -- The Dharma Upstream -- As The World Caught Fire -- What Does The Whitebark Pine Say? David Axelrod.