India, Jan. 31 -- How did you curate the essays/correspondence/presentations that make up Wild Fictions? You mention how 'bearing witness' was a crucial thread that brought these works together. Please elaborate.

The process of curating Wild Fictions was deeply reflective, almost like sifting through sediments of time to uncover fragments that resonate with the present. The essays, correspondence, and presentations were not chosen arbitrarily; bearing witness to the events of our epoch was an important connecting thread. Many of the essays in the collection grew out of the imperative to confront the realities of our age.

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