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- Chelsea Merz
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- Location: Cambridge, MA
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- "An Anatomy of Humanity"
- Summary: Five thousand miles from New York, commentator and medic Geo Beach had to practice a different kind of medicine, praying for a minister at Ground Zero, on "Understanding America after Nine-Eleven" .
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Review of An Anatomy of Humanity
Chelsea Merz
Posted on September 10, 2003 at 08:25 AM
It is elliptical, poetic, and artfully constructed and in the end it delightfully folds onto itself. The writing is also vigorous and vivid and very textured. This piece remarkably addresses philosophical, intellectual and emotional complexities without a smidgen of sentiment. What is most unfortunate about this piece is the reading. It is too fast, kind of cornball, and in the end the reading undoes a lot of what was beautifully done. Nonetheless it is worth your time.