Sometimes Only the Sad Songs Will Do
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Reminiscent of the American blues tradition, the dozen lyrical laments in this collection remind us that even in an age of moral panic, climate disaster, pandemic, and political corruption, the world's fading beauty still has the power to astound us and drop us to our knees in broken praise.
David Denny
David Denny is Adjunct Professor of Philosophy at the University of Portland, USA. Previously, he was Associate Professor of Culture and Media Studies at Marylhurst University, USA. He has published “Signifying Grace: On Dogville in The International Journal of Žižek Studies, “The Politics of Enjoyment: On The Hurt Locker” in Theory and Event, and “Melancholia: An Alternative to the End of the World” in the collected volume Cinematic Cuts (2016).
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