Mary's Dust Political A meditation on extinction and

A meditation on extinction and the Anthropocene

part literary autobiography

“Melinda Mueller’s great gift is translating historical detail and scientific fact into profound human experience

Reverent towards the past but unflinching in the dark recesses of our modernity

The book ships with a CD with music by the Seattle experimental jazz duo Syrinx Effect (Kate Olsen and Naomi Moon Siegel)

Mary's Dust Political A meditation on extinction andMelinda Muellers great gift is translating historical detail and scientific fact into profound human experience. Long awaited Marys Dust is a tour de force, a klatch of historys Marys speaking through a stunning array of formal constraintsmuch as they did in life. Each Mary emerges from Muellers precise and brilliant word choice and imagery to linger with a faint ringing. Marys Dust is an ambitious, awe inspiring, marvelous collection. Kathleen