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animal auctions
animal capital
animal consumption
animal research
animal testing
anthropocentrism
anthropomorphism
attention
Author_Kathryn Gillespie
automobility
backyard chickens
beagles
beef production
biomedical research
building a home
capitalism
car culture
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commerce
commodification
cows
critical animal studies
crows
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eradication
everyday harms
extermination
flourishing
free-range farming
gentrification
grouse
haunting
human exceptionalism
human supremacy
human-animal relations
loss
multispecies autoethnography
noticing storytelling
orcas
pests
ranching
rats
respect
road history
roadkill
rural living
settler colonialism
shared space
transportation
understanding
wild spaces
Product details
- ISBN 9781478032861
- Weight: 318g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 05 Jan 2026
- Publisher: Duke University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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From the rustle of a crow’s wings to the cool touch of moss on a stone wall, to the quiet determination of a worm crossing a sidewalk, The Sound of Feathers invites readers to notice the small wonders of life all around them. These fleeting details hold surprising truths about humanity’s connection to nature, the complex relationships of care and harm in which we are entangled, our responsibilities to other species, and what it means to be fully present in the world. Through vivid storytelling and deeply personal reflections, Kathryn Gillespie invites us to slow down, pay attention, and think differently about our everyday lives so that we might imagine shared futures of flourishing. She urges us to confront the forces that separate us from the natural world and find more compassionate ways of living in harmony with it. Gillespie reminds us that the quiet, often overlooked moments in life are where the most profound insights and connections begin.
Kathryn Gillespie is Associate Director of the Center for Food Systems Transformation at the University of San Diego and author of The Cow with Ear Tag.
