Layers of Harm and Healing: A Bestiary in Essays

Amie Souza Reilly’s Human/Animal: A Bestiary in Essays follows the author’s experience living beside two brothers who stalked and harassed her and her family because they wanted Reilly’s home. Reilly expands the narrative from internal to external in several ways, including reflections on gendered violence, horror films, feminism, and the etymology of animal names. In the interview below, Maddie Norris talks with Reilly about the process of writing a multi-layered work.

Maddie Norris: The...