books mentioned:
Kim Ji Young, born 1982 by Cho Nam Joo
Human Acts by Han Kang
The Future of Silence: Fiction by Korean Women, Translated and edited by Ju-chan Fulton and Bruce Fulton
Your Republic is Calling You by Kim Young-ha
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong
Wild Souls: Freedom and Flourishing in the Non-Human World by Emma Marris
The Sounds of Life: How Digital Technology Is Bringing Us Closer to the Worlds of Animals and Plants by Karen Bakker
Not Without Us: Perspectives on Disability and Inclusion in Singapore by editors Kuansong Victor Zhuang, Meng Ee Wong, Dan Goodley
Quarterlife: The Search for Self in Early Adulthood by Satya Doyle Byock
Body Language: Writers on Identity, Physicality, and Making Space for Ourselves by editors Nicole Chung, Matt Ortile

this video was 3 months in the making!