ABSTRACT
In ‘Backbone: Holding Up Our Future,’ Linda Hogan (Chicaza) addresses questions that hit hard in this era we call the Anthropocene, and one of her great forms for conveying understanding is ‘backbone’ (Hogan, this volume). She signals the eshy, embodied, living and structured quality of Earth life. This is not abstract; there is no determination that metaphor takes precedence over living reality, and, if I understand correctly, the Western distinction between organic and inorganic matter is irrelevant within connectivities that permeate all matter. Backbone is part of life across numerous scales and types.
