Harm Eden Claudia Rankine is an alternative account of

is an alternative account of the first century of cinema according to the films watched by a constellation of its most notable stars shortly before (or at the time of) their deaths

nuanced intersection of numbness

had beens and renunciations

wickedly smart

Steven Zultanski

Harm Eden Claudia Rankine is an alternative account ofJennifer Nelson Harm Eden is about how our fucked up present day civilization is built on originary and timeless systemic damage. The fantasy of nature and or art as echoes of a purer creation reinforces this foundation all the more. This book attempts to think through and simultaneously away from this evil fantasy and the civilization it upholds by exploiting the tension between history and poetry.