A review by shrubberling
Immemorial by Lauren Markham

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

I enjoyed this, particularly the questions and prompts each essay invites you to chew on. My only criticism is that it felt very western-centric and secular. I’m not religious at all, but wanted to poke at the idea that repetitive language is lazy or insufficient—what about prayer, song, mantra? I also kept thinking that many cultures have experienced genocide or near extinction. One of them must have words for what Markham is looking for. Why not ask indigenous folks for perspective on this?