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sophist_monster

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Professor of English at Saint Louis University Rhetoric, Media, Environment https://www.nathanielrivers.org

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Translation State (2023) 5 stars

Qven was created to be a Presger translator. The pride of their Clade, they always …

Matching and Merging

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Really dug this. Continues Leckie's exploration of gender and identity. Likewise attends to some interesting caregiving dynamics. I think the title nicely signals all of this: the work of transitioning across gender and identity and also phases of life. Plus, weird alien doors.

An Immense World (2022, Penguin Random House) 5 stars

The Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and …

A Sensitizing Read

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A really stunning exploration of sensing. And a really nice incorporation of von Uexküll's "umwelt." Particularly compelling is the emphasis upon the entanglement of communication and sensory capacity.