“Unveiling Grief: Eiren Caffall Reveals the Hidden Wisdom in ‘The Mourner’s Bestiary'”
AE: And you would not break your leg.
EC: And I wouldn’t break my leg. But the freedom was a huge gift. And then, very shortly after having Gina’s excellent feedback, the Whiting came and put a stamp of approval on it. They told me that they thought I was creating a new type of nature writing.
AE: That’s huge!
EC: I wasn’t setting out to do that. I wanted to make something emotionally compelling that tricked people into reading a full third of the book that was extremely well researched scientific information about ecological collapse. When people talk to me about it—and this was the goal—they aren’t talking about the science.
