248:, poet and naturalist David Day returns to the subject of extinction with a frankly unclassifiable volume that combines primary texts, prose, and poetry. Taking the form of a 24-hour meditative vigil of the kind practiced by the Coptic Orthodox Church, each section in the book is devoted to a species of animal that has gone extinct during the time that homo sapiens has walked the earth. ...
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Just Say No To Family Values and Other Rants, Howls, and Moans
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565:"'Inspired knight' writes to scale mystical heights"
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727:. Victoria, British Columbia. p. 39.
701:. Victoria, British Columbia. p. 46.
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461:. London: Mitchell Beazley, 2003
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471:A Dictionary of Tolkien
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