V&O: The Memory of Animals by Claire Fuller — The Octopus in Captivity

Julia and Victoria read a pandemic book called The Memory of Animals by Claire Fuller where the octopus is not the focus of the story, but is at the heart of the book’s major themes of captivity and embodiment. Victoria makes the ill-advised choice to revisit some of her early-pandemic journals.

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Mentioned in this episode:

The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery

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Recommendations:

Swimming Lessons by Claire Fuller

Our Endless Numbered Days by Claire Fuller

Unsettled Ground by Claire Fuller

How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu

I Who Have Never Known Men by Jaqueline Hartman

Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Stroud

My Octopus Teacher on Netflix

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