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Literary Voices Address Ecological, Cultural Crises in New Works

11/14/2025

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Story summary

Karen Russell's The Antidote unfolds in Depression-era Nebraska as a town facing ecological disasters and serving as an allegory.
Nnedi Okorafor's Death of the Author blends realism with Africanfuturist themes and a writer with sentient robots.
Park, author of An Oral History of Atlantis, presents stories combining experimental language with political commentary.
Elaine Castillo's Moderation critiques Silicon Valley through the lens of a Filipino content moderator navigating race and class.

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Story summary

Karen Russell's The Antidote unfolds in Depression-era Nebraska as a town facing ecological disasters and serving as an allegory.
Nnedi Okorafor's Death of the Author blends realism with Africanfuturist themes and a writer with sentient robots.
Park, author of An Oral History of Atlantis, presents stories combining experimental language with political commentary.
Elaine Castillo's Moderation critiques Silicon Valley through the lens of a Filipino content moderator navigating race and class.