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Interview: Joni Murphy

She had us at “Mitchell, the sociable llama.” Joni Murphy is a novelist/poet, whose new book features a fictional New York City inhabited entirely ...

The Way We Talk Animals

The Way We Talk Animals • 35m

Rachel Yoder, Kai Cheng Thom and Joni Murphy give us their idiosyncratic takes on creature-love, courage and curiosity.

Pick up a copy of Talking Animals here: https://wordfest.com/2021/imagineonair-featured-books/joni-murphy

Pick up a copy of For Laika here: https://wordfest.com/2021/imagineonair-featured-books/kai-cheng-thom

Pick up a copy of Nightbitch here: https://wordfest.com/2021/imagineonair-featured-books/rachel-yoder

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Animals, pets, cats, companions, re-hab, brokenness, connections to the living world, motherhood, womanhood, domesticated animals, biological instincts, birth, Stepford Wives, “Working Moms” childcare, bodies, bodies in western culture, chronic illness, self-care, health, being seen, Arizona, New Mexico, Aesop’s Fables, Animal Farm, climate change, class, immigration, vegetarianism, the sea, coral, ice, ocean floors, hydrocarbons, oil, whales, dolphins, corpses, plastic bottles, race, gender, alpacas, llamas, capitalism, Suffering, priviledge, Laika, Sputnik, dogs, Russian space program, Soviet space program, children’s therapist, Old Yeller, Shilo, Space race, adoption, where do dogs go when they die? Curiosity, scientists, stars, rocket ships, Elan Musk, Beszos, cold war, bravery, chosen family, LGBTQ2+, children’s books, orphans, mediation, conflict resolution, why do good people do bad things?

Cast

Joni Murphy Author

Kai Cheng Thom Author

Rachel Yoder Author

Pam Rocker Host

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Interview: Joni Murphy

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She had us at “Mitchell, the sociable llama.” Joni Murphy is a novelist/poet, whose new book features a fictional New York City inhabited entirely by animals (if you can take your eyes off the book’s captivating cover long enough to open it).

Pick up a copy of Talking Animals here: https://word...
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Interview: Kai Cheng Thom

Interview: Kai Cheng Thom

Kai Cheng Thom is deeply passionate about what makes people tick. Her life-long interest in Laika, the Soviet space dog, is a celebration of the author’s wonderfully engaged curiosity about human/animal motivations, aspirations, and ways of being in the world (and the outer galaxy).

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Interview: Rachel Yoder

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