xvi, 393 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 21 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references
Contents:
Reading things. Black body: rereading James Baldwin's "Stranger in the village" Natives on the boat Housing Mr Biswas Miracle speech: the poetry of Tomas Transtromer W.G. Sebald's poetry of the disregarded Always returning A better quality of agony Poet of the Caribbean Essays from one of our best wishful thinkers Double negative In place of thought A conversation with Aleksandar Hemon Seeing things. Wangechi Mutu: under the skin of Africa Age, actually An African Caesar Postscript: Peter Sculthorpe Red shift/ home Spinoza, plums, and why we draw Portrait of a lady Object lesson Postscript: Saul Leiter A true picture of black skin Dappled things: Pinkhassov on instagram Disappearing Shanghai Touching strangers Finders keepers Google's macchia The atlas of affect Memories of things unseen Death in the browser tab The unquiet sky Being there. Far away from here Home strange home The rewrite A reader's war Letter from Lagos: madmen and specialists What it is Letter from Nairobi: I will say it before death comes Captivity Unmournable bodies In Alabama Bad laws Brazil notes Angels in winter Shadows in Sao Paulo The diary The diary The island Reconciliation Break it down The white savior industrial complex "Perplexed ... perplexed": on mob justice in Nigeria A piece of the wall Epilogue. Blind spot
