These and other denizens of the ocean depths fascinate me; their habitat is a part of our world that is still mysterious.
The first footage of a live giant squid taken in the waters off Japan both fascinated and saddened me, as the animal lost a tentacle in the course of the research.
I have published four novels and four books of literary criticism; I'm currently at work on a book called FOR THE LOVE OF BROKEN THINGS: MY FATHER, EDWARD GIBBON AND THE RUINS OF ROME. I teach in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University.
These and other denizens of the ocean depths fascinate me; their habitat is a part of our world that is still mysterious.
ReplyDeleteThe first footage of a live giant squid taken in the waters off Japan both fascinated and saddened me, as the animal lost a tentacle in the course of the research.