David James Duncan is the author of the classic Pacific Northwest-based novels, The River Why and The Brothers K, the collection of stories and essays titled River Teeth, his non-fiction book, My Story as Told by Water which was nominated for the National Book Award, the bestselling book of what he calls "Churchless Sermons" titled God Laughs and Plays. And his most recent work, the novel Sun House, which we explore at length I this conversation.

Sun House, like all of David's work, is laced with an audacious sense of compassion in ways desperately needed for this swirl of cynicism and fear a lot of us live in at present. It is a book about many different people finding convergence. Not through some form of groupthink but by the, to use a David phrase, unintentional menagerie they all form together.

This podcast, Hark the Holobiont, is about paying attention to how collections of living relationships can come together to create larger wholes. Sun House showed this to me in ways teary and revolutionary. I am so, so grateful for it.

Grab a copy of Sun House HERE

David's website for retreats https://www.davidjamesduncan.com

David's Substack https://davidjamesduncanauthor.substack.com

Haleh Liza Gafori site - https://www.halehliza.com

Emmanuel Vaughn Lee Emergence Magazine

Nicholas Triolo The Way Around

Krissy Kludt I Could Walk Forever and Know So Little

Music in the episode was made via collecting electrical feedback from a chokecherry in my front yard and using Garageaband to translate that sound into synth effects.

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