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Chang Yuchen's work, specifically this project in which she creates a writing system through a dictionary of coral—in caring about lacunae and the ineffable

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Lotus's game, Dandelions, as well as their commentary on the game Kentucky Route Zero—in caring about mushrooms, invisible networks, and critical gestures of imagination

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Monica Huerta's Magical Habits—in caring about what academic writing can be

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Teju Cole’s work, especially his recent books, Golden Apple of the Sun and Black Paper—in caring about shadows and unsettling art

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Jen Bervin's Nets—in caring about the aftermath and afterlives of canonical texts

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My fellow PhD cohort—in caring about literature, which often feels like an inexorably specific and encompassing experience, & trying to move through collective spaces with love and attention

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Communities such as Soft Surplus and Gossip's Web—in caring about the possibilities of local and decentralized forms of artistic collaboration and solidarity

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this George Herbert poem: