The Other Side of Darkness

by Derrick Jensen

Here for the first time is Derrick Jensen live, recorded at several of his standing-room-only performances. Speaking in an almost improvisational style, Jensen explores the nature of injustice, of what civilizations do to the natural world, and how, in the face of the resulting horror that is one of the all too apparent consequences of grave injustice, civilized human beings create intricate systems of denial, silence, abnegation, deception, and self-hatred to keep it at bay. A typical Jensen event is multidimensional and feels a bit like traveling beneath the earth among tree roots as they twist their way into soil, rock, riverbeds and accompany fish, insects, discarded tires, cellophane wrappers, animals, history, and human instinct on a strange and interlocking journey. It is indeed a heart rending, mind expanding, and ultimately healing excercise to explore Jensen's root system, with him not so much as a guide, but an experienced fellow traveler.

Genres: Environment

1 pages, Audio CD

First published March 31, 2004

About the author

Derrick Jensen is an American author and environmental activist living in Crescent City, California. He has published several books questioning and critiquing contemporary society and its values, including A Language Older Than Words, The Culture of Make Believe, and Endgame. He holds a B.S. in Mineral Engineering Physics from the Colorado School of Mines and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Eastern Washington University. He has also taught creative writing at Pelican Bay State Prison and Eastern Washington University.

Reviews

[Morgan · Rating 5 out of 5]

In performance, Jensen reveals himself to be the David Sedaris of the activist left. This one has me guffawing at one turn and sobbing buckets at the next. The moral: let's get ourselves off our duffs and back into the ring with all the tools we can muster to right the wrong on our little shiny blue ball in space. And yeah, that means signing out of GoodReads and going for a walk, a run, a climb, a jump, a swim and a fall into the street, the field, the forest, the river, the sea and the sun. See you there.

[Mackel · Rating 5 out of 5]

truly awesome.

[j to the muthafuckin R · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's a spoken word Cd of his, but very good stuff, highly reccomended!

[Alex]

good job dj get your CD's and bad jokes out to the people to lazy to read. but 3 CD's really.....