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Lars Horn's Voice of the Fish, the latest Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize winner, is an interwoven essay collection that explores the trans experience through themes of water, fish, and mythology, set against the backdrop of travels in Russia and a back injury that left Horn temporarily unable to speak. In Horn's adept hands, the collection takes shape as a unified book: short vignettes about fish, reliquaries, and antiquities serve as interludes between longer essays, knitting together a sinuous, wave-like form that flows across the book.

Brought to you by Penguin. The spellbinding new book by the prizewinning writer Kapka Kassabova tells the story of her time with the last moving pastoralists in Europe: a gripping portrayal of human-animal interdependence, and a plea for a different way of living. Living with one of these...

Song Lyrics in Depth is a podcast that focuses on popular music from the perspective of semantic content, genre convention, and performativity. The hosts and invited guests bring a breadth of experience and insight. Håvard Bamle has written a Ph.D. thesis on ecological aspects of popular song lyrics; Michael Prince is co-leader of the Song Lyrics Research Group at the University of Agder. Our approach combines close reading with an informed understanding of cultural context for the titles we discuss.