Reading in Fiction, Non-Fiction and Poetry
Date/Time
Location
Dickinson Memorial Library (115 Main St, Northfield, MA 01360, Northfield MA)
A monthly discussion of writings that engage the mind with Nick Fleck, retired teacher and poet. This month's selection:
Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves, byFrans de Waal.
"De Waal discusses facial expressions, the emotions behind human politics, the illusion of free will, animal sentience, and [...] life and death. The message is one of continuity between us and other species, such as the radical proposal that emotions are like organs: we don't have a single organ that other animals don't have, and the same is true for our emotions.
Mama's Last Hug
opens our hearts and minds to the many ways in which humans and other animals are connected, transforming how we view the living world around us."