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David
Abram, Ph.D. cultural
ecologist and philosopher,
is the author of The
Spell of the Sensuous:
Perception and Language in a
More-than-Human World
(Vintage, 1997), for which
he received, among other
awards, the Lannan Literary
Award for Nonfiction. An
accomplished sleight-of-hand
magician who has lived with
indigenous sorcerers in
Indonesia, Nepal, and the
Americas, David's writings
have appeared both in
academic journals and in
such publications as
The Ecologist, Tikkun,
Orion, Wild Earth,
Resurgence, Parabola, and
Environmental Ethics, as
well as in a host of
anthologies. His work focuses
upon the intertwined
mysteries of perception and
language — the way in
which these two dimensions
modulate the relation
between humankind and the
animate earth. Dr. Abram
lectures and teaches widely
on several continents. He
has been the recipient of
various fellowships,
including fellowships from
the Watson and the
Rockefeller Foundations; he
has also been named by The
Utne Reader as one of a
hundred leading visionaries
currently transforming the
world. Nomadic by nature,
David and his wife, nature
educator Grietje Laga,
circulate between the
inter-mountain west and the
northwest coast of North
America. A passionate
spokesperson for
night-herons, cedars, and
storm clouds, he maintains a
strong interest in
interspecies communication,
and in the rejuvenation of
oral culture.
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