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Jared Del Rosso

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Jared Del Rosso is a sociologist, educator, and writer. He is currently writing about the place of the Whip-poor-will, an iconic nocturnal bird, in US culture. Visit www.lonesomewhippoorwill.com for more.

He is also the author two previous books of cultural sociology: Denial: How We Hide, Ignore, and Explain Away Problems and Talking About Torture: How Discourse Shapes the Debate. ...more

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	Denial: How We Hide, Ignore, and Explain Away Problems 3.96 avg rating — 27 ratings — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Talking About Torture: How Political Discourse Shapes the Debate by Jared Del Rosso (Goodreads Author), Jared Del Rosso (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Whip-poor-wills were once the sound of spring

As spring unfolds, nightjars return to the northern United States. Whip-poor-wills are perhaps the best known and best loved species in this enigmatic family. They return with their famous song -- whip-poorwill, whip-poorwill, whip-poorwill. In a single exhalation of a small brown bird that few of us will ever see, the early spring night seems to turnover into summer.

Not surprisingly, the song of Read more of this blog post »

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Published on May 12, 2025 12:39 • Tags: birds, birds-song, nature-writing, whip-poor-wills

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