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On the Porch : Meditations on the Edge of Nature by Charlie Hailey is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is On the Porch : Meditations on the Edge of Nature about?

Come with us for a moment out onto the porch. Just like that, we’ve entered another world without leaving home. In this liminal space, an endless array of absorbing philosophical questions arises: What does it mean to be in a place? How does one place teach us about the world and ourselves? What do we—and the things we’ve built—mean in this world?In a time when reflections on the nature of society and individual endurance are so paramount, Charlie Hailey’s latest book is both a mental tonic and a welcome provocation. Solidly grounded in ideas, ecology, and architecture, __The Porch__ takes us on a journey along the edges of nature where the outside comes in, hosts meet guests, and imagination runs wild. Hailey writes from a modest porch on the Homosassa River in Florida. He sleeps there, studies the tides, listens for osprey and manatee, welcomes shipwrecked visitors, watches shadows on its screens, reckons with climate change, and reflects on his own acclimation to his environment. The profound connections he unearths anchor an armchair exploration of past porches and those of the future, moving from ancient Greece to contemporary Sweden, from the White House roof to the Anthropoc

Who reads On the Porch : Meditations on the Edge of Nature?

Author

Charlie Hailey

Publisher

The University of Chicago Press

Published

2021

Language

EN

ISBN

9780226770017

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Art, Social Science, Fiction