Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1 June 24, 2019 6
6. 2 Listening for the Llamas 7
7. 3 Auditory Epiphanies 8
8. 4 Sound and World 10
9. 5 Listening to Silence 11
10. 6 Calm Sea 14
11. 7 Prisons of Silence 17
12. 8 Just One Sound 19
13. 9 Song and Sound 21
14. 10 Already Music 23
15. 11 Coming Alive 28
16. 12 The Vocal Telegraph 30
17. 13 The Ravished Ear 32
18. 14 Campaniles 34
19. 15 Cannonades 35
20. 16 Soundless Hearing 36
21. 17 The Talking Dead 41
22. 18 From Sounds to Sound 43
23. 19 Fictitious Sounds 46
24. 20 Bells 48
25. 21 Dis/Embodiment 50
26. 22 Threads 52
27. 23 Playback 53
28. 24 Shorthand 55
29. 25 Poems to Music 58
30. 26 Grooves 61
31. 27 Grooves II 63
32. 28 Beyond Analogy 66
33. 29 Phonogram and Gramophone 68
34. 30 Forest Murmurs 71
35. 31 Epithet 73
36. 32 Mesmerizing Sound 74
37. 33 Cathay 78
38. 34 Night. A Street. No Lamps. 80
39. 35 The Resonating Cure 81
40. 36 The Voice of Language 82
41. 37 Nocturne. Another City. 84
42. 38 Annals of Slavery 86
43. 39 The Grammar of Uncertainty 88
44. 40 Aftersounds 89
45. 41 Persistence of Hearing 92
46. 42 Annals of Slavery II 95
47. 43 A Voice in a Box 96
48. 44 The Contralto Mystique 98
49. 45 The Contralto Mystique II 103
50. 46 Two Lynchings 109
51. 47 “White Christmas” 111
52. 48 The Ghetto 113
53. 49 Testimony 116
54. 50 Voice 119
55. 51 Inner Speech 120
56. 52 The Deafness of Narcissus 121
57. 53 Sound in the Making 124
58. 54 Housewarming 127
59. 55 Language Dead or Alive 129
60. 56 Hearing Plato’s Cave 132
61. 57 Speaking and Being 134
62. 58 Minding the Senses 138
63. 59 LP: Longplayer 140
64. 60 Harmonies of the World 144
65. 61 Uneven Measures 146
66. 62 Sound, Finitude, Music 149
67. 63 The Shards of the Infinite 151
68. 64 A Passing Synthesis 155
69. 65 Aeolian Visitations 157
70. 66 Harmonizing 160
71. Notes 163
72. Index 181