![]() I think we do that with other people - family, romantic partners. “What is taxidermy other than that? Much of the time, a taxidermied animal is an animal someone hunted and killed, and the way they decide to pose them is a memory they’re creating. “I was thinking a lot about how we try to preserve memories, and about specific nostalgia - wanting things to remain pristine,” Arnett said. Arnett is interested in writing about “how queerness functions inside a household,” and Jessa-Lynn’s efforts to understand her family, and her own emotional and sexual life, are the novel’s primary concerns - and they work in concert with the family business. ![]() The graphic nature of the fact-finding was a joy for Arnett, who described her fondness for things that are “very gross and visceral and tactile and about the body.”īut the book is not all stitched-up pelts. “People probably thought I was a serial killer.” ![]() “All my browser windows other than Twitter were just really weird taxidermy websites,” she said. ![]() Her enthusiasm for research came in handy while writing “Mostly Dead Things,” during which she watched “a million” YouTube videos about the craft at the story’s center. Arnett has spent her career working in libraries, a vocation she has written about with great affection. ![]()
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