The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World
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Best-selling nature writer David Abram, author of The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World, tells a story that reveals the inspiration he and other writers have gotten from the environment around them. What lessons can we learn from our relationship with the natural world?
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Best-selling nature writer David Abram, author of The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World, tells a story that reveals the inspiration he and other writers have gotten from the environment around them. What lessons can we learn from our relationship with the natural world?

