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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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Christie Golden, Katie Lucas: Dark Disciple (2015, Random House Publishing Group) No rating

The only way to bring down the Sith's most dangerous warrior may be to join …

More Clone Wars

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Will and are reading some fun Star Wars novels this summer. This one is a novel based on an unproduced arc of Clone Wars. A satisfy conclusion to a major character's arc and the development of a character deserving more attention.

Ann Leckie: Translation State (2023)

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.

Ed Yong: An Immense World (2022, Penguin Random House)

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

A Sensitizing Read

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.