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Zwicky's distinctive voice - warm, wise, sometimes colloquial or cutting - brings together these essays on diverse topics. Her sensibility is of course poetic, but also critical in the best sense: rigorous, probing, and committed. This is an engaging and enlightening portrait of a fine thinker in action. Mark Kingwell, University of Toronto and author of Singular Creatures: Robots, Rights, and the Politics of Posthumanism Lyric philosophy of the highest calibre. Jan Zwicky addresses the dilemmas we as a species are faced with today with great lucidity, seamlessly weaving together a wide variety of themes from philosophy, poetry, and ecology. Anyone interested in understanding the more-than-human world and our place in it is bound to find food for thought in these beautifully written and provoking philosophical essays. Leonor Maria Martinez Serrano, University of Cordoba and author of Breathing Earth: The Polyphonic Lyric of Robert Bringhurst

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Jan Zwicky, an internationally recognized poet and scholar, has held appointments at numerous universities including Princeton, the University of Alberta, and the University of Victoria. She is the author of over twenty books, including The Experience of Meaning and Alkibiades’ Love: Essays in Philosophy.

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