A recent piece by novelist Nathaniel Rich focused on eccentric Japanese researcher Shin Kubota, who studies the “immortal jellyfish.” But what are we after when we seek immortality? And does this quest tell us more about us than the natural world?
Beatrice Marovich
Beatrice Marovich is an associate professor at Hanover College. Her work offers provocative reflections on the way that strange and ancient religious figures and ideas remain at work in our cultures, in our politics. Her first book is Sister Death: Political Theologies for Living and Dying (Columbia University Press, 2023). You can follow her Substack newsletter, Galactic Underworlds or find @beamarovich on Twitter and Instagram.
