Kelly shares two excellent memoirs that unfold through the lens of sea creatures and American utopian experiments.

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Books Discussed

How Far The Light Reaches: A Life in 10 Creatures by Sabrina Imbler

In The Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

Heaven Is A Place on Earth by Adrian Shirk

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