Look Out
The Delight and Danger of Taking the Long View
$60.89
- Hardcover
288 pages
- Release Date
2 December 2025
Summary
In the tradition of The Empathy Exams and Uncommon Measures, Look Out is a profound and prismatic investigation of taking the long view.
“A charming, idiosyncratic meditation on the human urge to see further, and more, in this cultural history of the ‘aerial view’ … McPherson makes an elliptical and enchanting case for reinserting wherever possible the ground-level, human perspective … Redolent with insights into the ethical quandary of history-making, as we…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781662602955 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1662602952 |
| Author: | Edward Mcpherson |
| Publisher: | Astra Publishing House |
| Imprint: | Astra House |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 2 December 2025 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 152mm x 229mm |
Critics Review
“Look Out is a gift in what it demands from a reader which is, quite simply, attention. In form, in approach, and in topic, the book is rich, hyperfocused, and overwhelming in its generosity. To read this is like having a tour guide through a life you did not know you could experience.”
-Hanif Abdurraqib, author of There’s Always This Year
“High flying and impressively grounded … An exhilarating and urgent reckoning with human perspective.”
-Walter Johnson, author of The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States
Edward Mcpherson
Edward McPherson is the author of Buster Keaton: Tempest in a Flat Hat, The Backwash Squeeze and Other Improbable Feats, and The History of the Future: American Essays. He has received a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Pushcart Prize, among other awards. He teaches creative writing at Washington University in St. Louis.
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