Virtual/Zoom Event: Nathaniel Rich in Conversation with Thomas Beller: Second Nature: Scenes From a World Remade

Monday, March 29th

6:00-7:00PM

Nathaniel Rich in conversation with Thomas Beller, discussing his book, Second Nature: Scenes From a World Remade.

This event is free, however a ticket is needed.

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From the author of Losing Earth, a beautifully told exploration of our post-natural world that points the way to a new mode of ecological writing.

We live at a time in which scientists race to reanimate extinct beasts, our most essential ecosystems require monumental engineering projects to survive, chicken breasts grow in test tubes, and multinational corporations conspire to poison the blood of every living creature. No rock, leaf, or cubic foot of air on Earth has escaped humanity's clumsy signature. The old distinctions—between natural and artificial, dystopia and utopia, science fiction and science fact—have blurred, losing all meaning. We inhabit an uncanny landscape of our own creation.

In Second Nature, ordinary people make desperate efforts to preserve their humanity in a world that seems increasingly alien. Their stories—obsessive, intimate, and deeply reported—point the way to a new kind of environmental literature, in which dramatic narrative helps us to understand our place in a reality that resembles nothing human beings have known.

Event date: 

Monday, March 29, 2021 - 6:00pm to 7:00pm

Event address: 

Garden District Book Shop
2727 Prytania Street
New Orleans, LA 70130
Second Nature: Scenes from a World Remade By Nathaniel Rich Cover Image
$27.00
ISBN: 9780374106034
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: MCD - March 30th, 2021