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From the inside cover of The Matter of Europe published by Menard Press in 2005:
The Matter of Europe is a series of seven sketches, one cosmological, one human evolutionary, and five cultural. They move from deep time to the present day, linking the physical to the biological, the human to the natural, and culture to culture. They evoke a universe and traditions which are infinitely varied and complex.
An 'Index of Selected Names' explains the spirit behind The Matter of Europe in notes on some of the contributors. The list is necessarily brief. It, too, is a bridge into the imagination.
The book forms a triptych with Barker's Damnatio Memoriae: Erased from Memory (Enitharmon 2004) and The Erotics of God (Smokestack Books 2005).
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