Thanato-Aesthetics

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The first translation in English of noted Italian contemporary poet Laura Liberale. "I do like I do in the tall grass, more animal-me than much else" (Ada Limón) : in this selection of poems by Laura Liberale the "animal-me" keeps moving and shape-shifting in the "tall grass" of post-humanism. By entering these works, readers are challenged to explore a dimension in which the thin veil between animal and human, life and death becomes an unstable, metamorphic mist. Liberale, a scholar of thanatology who holds a Ph.D. in South Asian studies and a dedicated animal activist, draws from her research and background to confront her readers with different ways to understand life, its meaning, and its value. Poetry. Translation. Italian Studies.