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But where would we be without books?

From KCRW and KCRW.com, I'm Michael Silverblatt, and welcome to Bookworm.

Today we have a special show.

We have two writers, an environmental philosopher and a fiction writer.

Their names are Dale Jameson and Bonnie Nadsam.

And they together have collaborated on a book of stories, five of them, encased in two essays.

One about love and the other about the Anthropocene.

Now, it won't surprise you then to hear that the title of the book is Love in the Anthropocene.

It's published by Or Books.

Now, first of all, I'm very curious. You say in your introduction that each

of you is responsible for every word in the book. We are each and together responsible for every

word in this book. The authorial voice is neither Dale Jameson's nor

Bonnie Nadsams, but a third voice which we have jointly created. How is that done?

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