Running Feet, Sharp Noses: Essays on the Animal World
Various Artists
PVA Books
English
Edited by Nathan O’Donnell, Adrian Duncan, and Niamh Dunphy
Softcover
176 pages
110 x 175 mm
2023
ISBN 9781916150942
What is it about animals? – those creatures that keep us company, a figure in a memory or folktale, the shadowy presence in a photograph, or an ancient drawing on a wall. Guides, companions, imaginary beings, hindrances, sources of fear and love …
Edited by Nathan O’Donnell, Adrian Duncan, and Niamh Dunphy, Running feet, sharp noses: Essays on the animal world is an essential collection of essays on the animal world. Each piece is a profound meditation on how animals affect our sense of self, our memories, and our actions.
This brilliant new book of non-fiction investigates – with the insights and perceptions of some of the finest writers at work today – how animals shape and determine our everyday lives, whether we realise it or not.
Contributions by Latifa Akay, Sara Baume, John Berger, June Caldwell, Niamh Campbell, Vona Groarke, Edward Hoagland, Sabrina Mandanici, Darragh McCausland, Tim MacGabhann, Honor Moore, Eileen Myles, Stephen Sexton, Jessica Traynor, Erica Van Horn, and Suzanne Walsh.
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About the Publisher
PVA Books, established in 2015, is a Dublin- and Berlin-based publisher specialising in literary non-fiction. We aim to publish emerging and established voices, and to produce beautifully designed books. Our projects are initiated by invitation and through open submission. We are committed to publishing a diverse programme to develop and create a unique range of voices. Audience engagement is important to us: we are committed to reaching new readers and writers through our programme of workshops, discussions, and collaboration with other organisations and institutions. We also publish the visual culture and contemporary art journal Paper Visual Art Journal, which was established in 2009. PVA is funded by the Arts Council.
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