Flies filling a kitchen; grackles filling the branches of a tree; a bruise blooming over skin: in Shedding Season, nature is a force that constantly threatens to overwhelm those who would keep it in check. Instead, Morton explores what it means to refuse the language of dominance, to recognize oneself as a small part of an impossibly complex ecosystem. From this vantage, insects' legs can form a chorus and violence can be worked like a bow against...
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