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“Le Guin’s essay speaks to me about how plastic often appears to us as ‘unstoried matter,’ existing only in the moment we use it, when in fact the opposite is true. Unlike the grain of wood or the polish of steel, plastic doesn’t disclose its origins. But it’s also rich in stories that reach back into the deep past of slow-forming hydrocarbon deposits and, because it’s so durable, forward into the far future.” Read more...
David Farrier, Literary Scholar
