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Stacey D'Erasmo

born 1965

Stacey D'Erasmo is an American novelist and essayist known for her explorations of identity, sexuality, and culture. She has authored several critically acclaimed books, including "A Seahorse Year" and "The Sky Below." D'Erasmo is also recognized for her contributions to various literary publications and her role as a writing instructor.

The railroads needed standardized time; as a result, the technology of train travel shaped the way everyone gets up, eats, goes to sleep, calculates age, and, perhaps of no small importance, imagine the world as a whole, ticking reliably, with reliable deviations, according to the beat of one central clock in a physical location.
Stacey D'Erasmo
#time #technology #civilization