Hark: How Women Listen Tanya Denckla Cobb Agrarian thinker Chris Smaje opens

Agrarian thinker Chris Smaje opens this book by drawing an arresting modern parallel to Viking raiding

This city on the shores of Lake Champlain has been of military and commercial importance for more than 200 years

showed how light rays strike the cornea

and hardworking gnomes

Hark: How Women Listen Tanya Denckla Cobb Agrarian thinker Chris Smaje opensWe're told women are good at listening, but we rarely examine what they're listening to, what their worlds sound like, or how it feels to be expected to listen in a world of noise made by men. Like so many of us, Alice Vincent had become overwhelmed by the sensory overload punctuating our every moment. And then, a baby's heartbeat arrived. A rapid, pulsing whoosh of white noise. An undeniable rhythm. Once again, Alice's life became cacophonous both