In this special bonus episode of the podcast, Jay Griffiths reads from her book, Nemesis, My Friend: Journeys Through the Turning Times.
“It is twilight. And at the waking edge of night, a crescent otter surfaces looping up from its dive. In its mouth, a fish shines silver, a little crescent moon. Night chases day like one otter cub chasing another. A pine martin races quicksilver through nearby woods.
On the edge of sight, a barn owl slips between the trees. This is the difficult, bewildering light, a light which makes visual puns so a tree stump with its black fingers of roots looks like a batter.
Twilight plays tricks, foxing sight. The eye struggles to see, tries harder than it does in the easy light of day. The other senses grow crescent with the twilight and the moon. The body stills itself to feel more, quiets itself to hear more.
Listen is an anagram of silent.”
You can order any of Jay Griffiths’ books from her online shop at Bookshop.org
Join Jay Griffiths and others in February at Byline Times’ live event ‘The Lure of Loneliness’ for a discussion about alienation, atomisation, and the decline of community in Britain.
