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David Farrier

David Farrier
David Farrier, author of Footprints, teaches at the University of Edinburgh. In 2017, Footprints won the Royal Society of Literature's Giles St Aubyn Award for Non-Fiction. He lives in Edinburgh, Scotland.


The Dust of Ancient Suns: Making Art and Meaning From the Depths of Deep Time

David Farrier on the Work of Katie Paterson
May 6, 2022  By David Farrier
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On John Berger and Rediscovering Drawing During Lockdown

David Farrier Returns to the "Edge of What He's Become"
August 25, 2020  By David Farrier
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With Apologies to Susan Sontag, We’re Going to Need Metaphor to Get Through This Global Illness

David Farrier on the Ways We Talk About Coronavirus
May 15, 2020  By David Farrier
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On the Reverie and Detachment of the American Road Trip

"Mechanical travel blunts our sense of the world."
March 4, 2020  By David Farrier
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