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Margaret Atwood • The Robber Bride
But hadn’t he taken them from the sea, from their birth right? Hadn’t he deprived them of the chance to choose?
Emilia Hart • The Sirens: The highly anticipated second novel from the bestselling author of WEYWARD
Any study of worldbuilding would be remiss without mention of Biosphere 2, the experimental facility constructed in Arizona for studying the feasibility of life in a manmade ecosystem. In 1994, Abigail Alling and Mark Van Thillo broke into the complex – or rather, attempted a break-out, and in the process brought the years-long experiment to an abr... See more
Without World - The White Review
Then it occurred to me: I could write a special essay every month and simply mail it to dues-paying members as a letter. It just clicked: We’re readers, we’re writers, we’re a new breed of independent scholars bootstrapping a new republic of letters... I should just write you... letters, to bring everyone off the computer screen regularly, to share... See more
And We're Back... Welcome to Other Life 2024
“A little learning is a dangerous thing; / Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.”)
Paul Kalanithi • When Breath Becomes Air
generic, though gendered, Native.
Adria L. Imada • Aloha America: Hula Circuits through the U.S. Empire
But that face, that human, was gone. Mother Nature, as Tennyson said, is “red in tooth and claw,” demolishing every beautiful thing she has ever created.