Undrowned

I know some ppl who will love this book, so I'm rounding up a bit. I agree with so much of the core thoughts and there are a few gems, but it is more prayer than prose and that just isn't for me.

This book is extraordinary.

Alexis Pauline Gumbs, as poetic philosopher, brings us underwater to meet our relatives, the marine mammals. Readers swim through nineteen different meditations, all immaculately written as points of practice for looking at the world through a post-colonial lens, and thinking about possible futures for marine and land mammals. Critique takes an important role but love is the key message of the book, and is a welcome message.

In the introduction, Gumbs advises reading one meditation per day. This was a good way to experience it, as each meditation was a highlight each day. The use of language, history, philosophy, polemic and science are beautifully constructed from the first page to the last, and invite many re-readings.