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John Colman Wood teaches at the University of North Carolina at Asheville. His field research with Gabra nomads of northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia has been funded by the Wenner-Gren Foundation, the National Geographic Society, and the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology.

His fiction has appeared in Anthropology and Humanism, and he has twice won the Ethnographic Fiction Prize of the Society for Humanistic Anthropology, once for a story extracted from The Names of Things.

He is the author of When Men Are Women: Manhood among Gabra Nomads of East Africa (University of Wisconsin Press, 1999). Before becoming an anthropologist, Wood was a journalist.

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As I get olderIt is the textureOf things that mattersThe rub of windOn my cheeksThe feel of a pencilBetween fingersThe tongue of bitter coffeeThese once trivialFacts I comprehendWhile the politicsOf idealismTheories of aspirationAre inconsequentialAs a recipe. read more »

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	The Names of Things 4.57 of 5 stars 4.57 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	When Men Are Women: Manhood Among The Gabra Nomads Of East Africa 4.67 of 5 stars 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1999 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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John Colman Wood wrote a new blog post: A matter of orientation A matter of orientation This morning, while I was sitting against the wall, a mosquito began to buzz my ears. I let it be, and it went away.Then I heard it buzzing my coff... read more »
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John Wood rated a book 5 of 5 stars The Worst Journey in the World (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading) by Apsley Cherry-Garrard	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Magical writing. You'd never think some place and a journey so cold could be such a warm and lovely read. It's long, but one of the more memorable stories I've read. The image of penguins warming their eggs (atop their feet) in the Antarctic night am...more
May 08, 2013 09:01am · see review
John Wood liked Mindy Mejia's blog post: An Ode to Vinegar " Lemon Verbena Vinegar, by James Carrier. Since going veggie, I’ve discovered joy for a lot of food I’d never bothered noticing and top honors has to go to vinegar. Vinegar! My primary use for v..." ...read it »
Apr 24, 2013 05:42am
John Wood rated a book 5 of 5 stars An American Childhood by Annie Dillard	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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John Wood rated a book 5 of 5 stars Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Remember college? Wonderful read, accessible, sad, intriguing.
Apr 11, 2013 07:20am · see review
John Wood marked as to-read: 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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John Wood rated a book 5 of 5 stars The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco read in March, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This was a re-read. Great book. First time I read it all the background and church intrigue seemed to get in the way of the mystery. This time I found it much more meaningful, a true historical novel that relates the context and thought of the age to...more
Mar 05, 2013 06:44am · see review
John Wood liked John Yunker's blog post: Among Animals: A Call for Submissions "Hi all, As some of you know, my wife and I co-founded a press devoted in large part to animal rights and environmental issues. We're now going to publish an anthology of short fiction devoted to ..." ...read it »
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John Wood marked as to-read: Float by JoeAnn Hart (Goodreads Author)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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