ENGL 6040: VanderMeer Keynote (SP22)

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nonhumans “ This was the story: Over all the forest beyond their home and the little shed, over all of it. Over all. Ruled the forest mind. Which seemed to slumber and not remember and be simple. To be made of earth and trees and clouds and birds. But was actually awake in a way no person could be awake. Slumber that was not sleep. Mind that was not mind. A person could never imprison that mind, only destroy parts of it, bit by bit. But as long as even a small piece remained, it could never die. Would never die. Might save you to save itself or, in the end, might not even notice you small and huddled against the wall of a tunnel (<strong>VanderMeer</strong> 184). (post)
contaminations “ Dead astronauts were no different than living astronauts. Neither could shed their skin. Neither could ever become part of what they journeyed through. Suits were premade coffins. Space was the grave. Better to think of yourself as dead already. There was freedom in that; liberated the mind to roam quadrants farther than the body (<strong>VanderMeer</strong> 106). (post)
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