Harry Thurston's Ova Aves: Exposure to the Animal Other in the Anthropocene
Harry Thurston's Ova Aves: Exposure to the Animal Other in the Anthropocene

Summary/Abstract: This article offers an ecocritical reading of the collection Ova Aves (2011), co-authored by award-winning Canadian poet-naturalist Harry Thurston and prestigious photographer Thaddeus Holownia. The book gathers thirteen poem-photograph pairings that constitute a moving meditation on the animal other as it manifests in bird eggs originally kept at Mount Allison University, New Brunswick, curated by ornithologist Gay Hansen. By drawing readers' attention to the uniqueness and fragility of eggs, Ova Aves is a timely reminder of the need for humankind to rethink how we relate to the nonhuman in the Anthropocene.

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