Sufi mystic Rābiʻa |
Poet Marilyn Nelson sees “pearl-necked viruses [and] winged protozoans” in the dust she sweeps away, eighth century Sufi mystic Rābiʻa grounded her visions in pails of wash, medieval abbess Hildegarde of Bingen mused on the evolution of plants and animals, while crystallographer Kathleen Lonsdale unraveled the inmost secrets of molecules at her kitchen table. In this seminar we will explore the ways in which women writers have seen through the walls of their ordinary worlds and exposed the invisible realities beneath. What can we learn about how to grapple with what we cannot see?
The growing reading list:
- Dusting, Marilyn Nelson. From Magnificat, published by Louisiana State University Press, 1994. Hear Nelson read a snippet as part of On Being with Krista Tippett (begins at 22:09 through 27:45)
- The Copper Beech, Marie Howe. From What the Living Do, W. W. Norton & Co., 1997.
- Agrawal, Roma. Built: The Hidden Stories Behind Our Structures. Bloomsbury USA, 2018. (The introduction, Force, Clay and Idol chapters)
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