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Jeff VanderMeer
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Length:
43 minutes
Released:
Apr 27, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Jordan talks with Jeff VanderMeer about the process of re-wilding his backyard, his initial obsession with uprooting air potatoes, learning to see more of the natural world, and where his fiction is headed next.
MENTIONED:
Air potatoes
The Atlanta Botanical Garden
Florida House Representative Anna Eskamani
"How to Rewild Your Balcony" from Esquire
Jeff VanderMeer is the author of Hummingbird Salamander, Dead Astronauts, Borne, The Ambergris Trilogy, and The Southern Reach Trilogy, the first volume of which, Annihilation, won the Nebula Award and the Shirley Jackson Award and was adapted into a movie by Alex Garland starring Natalie Portman. VanderMeer speaks and writes frequently about issues relating to climate change. He grew up in the Fiji Islands and now lives in Tallahassee, Florida, with his wife, Ann VanderMeer, and their cats, plants, and bird feeders.
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MENTIONED:
Air potatoes
The Atlanta Botanical Garden
Florida House Representative Anna Eskamani
"How to Rewild Your Balcony" from Esquire
Jeff VanderMeer is the author of Hummingbird Salamander, Dead Astronauts, Borne, The Ambergris Trilogy, and The Southern Reach Trilogy, the first volume of which, Annihilation, won the Nebula Award and the Shirley Jackson Award and was adapted into a movie by Alex Garland starring Natalie Portman. VanderMeer speaks and writes frequently about issues relating to climate change. He grew up in the Fiji Islands and now lives in Tallahassee, Florida, with his wife, Ann VanderMeer, and their cats, plants, and bird feeders.
For more Thresholds, visit us at www.thisisthresholds.com
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Released:
Apr 27, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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