Show Notes
My guest today is artist and writer Gethan Dick, an Irish-born author, living in Marseille, who has written a very interesting book about survival in a post-apocalyptic world. Specifically, how pregnancy, childbirth, and childrearing interface with a desperate quest for humanity’s continuation. In the episode, we talk about the emotional and philosophical questions that arise when survival becomes the only goal, and Gethan shares her inspirations, her writing process, and how her journey through various creative mediums (film, radio, zines, and eventually visual arts) helped her arrive at the story she wanted to tell.
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Gethan Dick’s four books were: Riddley Walker, Russell Hoban (1980)
Strandloper, Alan Garner (1996)
The Sirens of Titan, Kurt Vonnegut (1959)
La Trilogie de Pan, Jean Giono (1929-1930)
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