The author, an anthropologist, poet, and Harvard professor of comparative religion, has crafted a wonderful book about ethnography, subjectivity, ethics, and art. The Other Shore is ideal for qualitative researchers, as well as academics, interested in writing for popular audiences – or infusing their academic writing with a touch of artistry. This isn’t exactly a how-to manual, but rather a series of critical essays about writing and writers that wades into bigger questions about meaning and the nature of truth.
